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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Conway,Wales,north,UK,port,seaside,harbour,Cymru,evening,at,yacht,and,other,LL28 4NG,LL28,blue,hour,light,lighting,tide,tidal,shore,shoreline,BS20,trawler,trawling,Martina Rose,hull,Cornwall,Beaumaris,registered,vessel,Potter,1980-2021+,Totton,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9MCF - . This location-specific image from Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Conwy harbour at dusk, yachts Martina Rose BS20 fishing and other boats, walled market town, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG. The frame also records themes of local history, local character, working waterway, heritage boating, regional identity, inland boating, changing land use, canal heritage, community identity, blue-green corridor, contemporary social history, public realm, navigation engineering, and waterborne transport. For current editorial use, navigation and volunteering provide additional context, especially through the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, inland navigation, changing streetscape, documentary photography, lock flight, canal infrastructure, industrial waterway history, and place identity. Details involving Martina, walled, yachts, fishing, and Conwy make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of navigation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational in a form that can be compared with future views of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG.
Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,coach,transport,Colwyn Bay,Rhos,Cornwall,holiday,holidays,resorts,trips,1950,1960,route,posters,ads,adverts,coachways,old,North Wales,coast,coastal,destinations,seasonal,luxury,services,South coast,Clacton,Ipswich,felixstowe,Bournemouth,Ilfracombe,Tenby,Southsea,Weymouth,Newton Abbot,hotpix.org.uk,vintage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBGJ - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Yelloway Coachways bus routes posters, to Torquay, Clacton-on-Sea, London, Llandudno, Torquay, Paignton, Taunton,Cheltenham, Cornish Resorts. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, passenger information, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, local character, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, period detail, bus infrastructure, regional identity, social history, roadside transit, archival record, passenger transport, and local mobility. The wider contemporary story combines integrated transport, bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes bus route infrastructure, local bus network, everyday life, public realm, surface public transport, historical comparison, local history, and public-transport wayfinding. Elements such as routes, Paignton, Resorts, Llandudno, and Cornish add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects reliability and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image fixes evidence of changing use for later comparison.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,Bude,Exeter,Devon,Cornwall,Somerset,Exmouth,Plymouth,Bodmin,Taunton,Okehampton,Bideford,Newton Abbot,Torquay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK7H - . Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through South West England NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. Other connected aspects include arable farming, everyday life, British agriculture, historic townscape, local history, urban regeneration, period detail, food supply chain, archival record, grain harvest, barley cultivation, public-realm investment, rural economy, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to climate change and farm costs, particularly through the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and commercial viability, not least because of the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes field crop, social history, farm produce, civic architecture, built heritage, changing land use, period architecture, and summer fieldwork. Elements such as absolutely, nothing, BANANA, anything, and NIMBY add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is climate change and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,Bude,Exeter,Devon,Cornwall,Somerset,Exmouth,Plymouth,Bodmin,Taunton,Okehampton,Bideford,Newton Abbot,Torquay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK83 - . 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 main point of reference is South West England NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. The surrounding context encompasses summer fieldwork, town-centre renewal, historical comparison, farm produce, place identity, grain harvest, commercial redevelopment, urban regeneration, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, urban fabric, everyday life, architectural character, public realm, and community identity. The wider contemporary story combines crop yields, agricultural policy and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with planning, town-centre regeneration and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after new construction. The location also brings in British agriculture, before-and-after reference, cereal crop, public-realm investment, grain quality, period architecture, adaptive reuse, and regional identity. Elements such as anywhere, absolutely, NIMBY, Build, and BANANA add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. 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. Another useful connection is crop yields and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location. It also preserves period character as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,engine,from,pumping,station,Richard Trevithick Tangye,Illogan,Redruth,Cornwall,Richard Tangye,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine,pump
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082X - . This scene at National stock-photo/gotonysmith-Waterways.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW 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 Running Tangye Diesel Power Hall engine, for driving boats, at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port,England, CH65 4FW. The setting additionally reflects inland transport history, changing land use, trackside history, before-and-after reference, archival record, industrial navigation, canal heritage, railway heritage, local character, station environment, freight wagon, historic narrowboat, canal transport, and visual archive. For current editorial use, flood resilience and volunteering provide additional context, especially through the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. Current relevance extends to rail reform and network modernisation, particularly through the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. Future viewers can use this scene from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside boat museum collection, changing streetscape, mechanical signalling, signal-box architecture, everyday life, historic rolling stock, industrial railway, and industrial waterway history. The combination of Ellesmere, Tangye, driving, Waterways, and Running anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,welsh,BR,British Rail,transport,travel,excursion,journeys,journey,train,excursions,travelling,English,England,Cornwall,Cornish,railway,rail,town,advert,mixed,mix,of,4,four,North Wales,UK,1952,1962,Cymru,old fashioned,communications,trips,notices,notice board,noticeboard,GWR
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA4HC - Four framed examples of British railway advertising and printed ephemera are displayed together at Llangollen Railway station in North Wales. The upper pair are colourful destination posters promoting rail travel to the Cornish resorts of Penzance and Newquay. The Penzance design shows the harbour, rooftops and waterfront beneath a blue sky, while the Newquay image presents sweeping beaches, cliffs, sea and a swimmer wearing a red bathing cap. Both use bold place names and idealised holiday imagery to encourage passengers to travel by train.
The lower frames contain more functional railway notices. One advertises weekday day-excursion bookings from Birkenhead and Liverpool, using a timetable-style layout of destinations, fares and journey information. The other promotes the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, held over several July days, with restrained typography and the limited colour palette typical of mid-twentieth-century publicity. Together, the four pieces show how the railway marketed national holiday destinations and regional leisure events.
The posters date from the post-war period, including examples associated with 1952 and 1962, when British Railways used commissioned illustration, strong lettering and carefully composed scenery to sell rail travel. Such material is now collected as railwayana and valued for its graphic design, social history and nostalgic view of British tourism.
The display is at Llangollen Railway, a volunteer-run standard-gauge heritage line operating through the Dee Valley between Llangollen and Corwen over part of the former Ruabon to Barmouth route. The preserved station gives the advertisements an appropriate historic context, linking the visual culture of the national network with present-day steam and diesel operations. The framed arrangement records changing styles of transport promotion, seaside leisure, excursion travel and cultural tourism in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s.
Llangollen Railway Station, Abbey Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales, UK, LL20 8SN.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,welsh,BR,transport,travel,by,train,excursion,excursions,journey,journeys,travelling,Cornwall,England,English,SW,Cornish,holiday,holidays,the,for,west,town,beach,sea,village,rail,railway,family,woman,lady,mother,child,fisherman,British Railways,poster,advert
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA4HF - . Recorded at Penzance, Cornwall, 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 scene records British Railways poster - Penzance, the centre for west Cornwall, South West England, UK. The wider scene also brings together roadside transit, everyday life, local bus network, bus route infrastructure, documentary photography, rail infrastructure, historic rolling stock, place identity, transport accessibility, street-side transport, station environment, rail operations, before-and-after reference, and rail corridor. Today's relevance is strengthened by network modernisation, railway preservation and the continuing question of the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, service frequency and bus funding are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. The image fixes public access and movement within Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The location also brings in contemporary social history, changing land use, rail transport history, freight wagon, bus infrastructure, signal-box architecture, mechanical signalling, and working railway heritage. References to British, centre, Cornwall, Penzance, and Railways give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Penzance, Cornwall, 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 network modernisation and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations within the specific setting of Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,BR,transport,travel,by,train,excursion,excursions,journey,journeys,travelling,Cornwall,England,English,SW,Cornish,holiday,holidays,the,lady,female,surfing,in,a,cap,castle,beach,beaches,sub,sunshine,summer,surf,sea,seaside,UK holidays,surge,staycation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA4HP - . This scene at the recorded stock-photo/gotonysmith-Location.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>location 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 scene records British Railways poster - Newquay, on the Cornish Coast, Cornwall, South West England, UK - a lady surfer in a cap and Tintagel castle. The frame also records themes of summer fieldwork, rail infrastructure, grain harvest, changing streetscape, freight wagon, place identity, field crop, local history, signal-box architecture, community identity, agricultural landscape, British agriculture, trackside history, and rail transport history. From a 2025-onward perspective, decarbonisation and regional connectivity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. The wider contemporary story combines crop yields, farm costs and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after new construction. The surrounding story also includes archival record, visual archive, before-and-after reference, rural economy, everyday life, industrial railway, rail operations, and grain quality. The combination of Coast, Cornish, Newquay, Railways, and surfer anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. 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. The scene further reflects decarbonisation and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to supply chains and the importance of domestic grain to food and brewing supply chains when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: Cross,Bones,face,parrot,evil,Cornwall,Cornish,man,Cornishman,England,South,West,smuggler,Toby,Jug,ornament,art,UK,United,Kingdom,GB,vintage,classic,face,novelty,character,collector,Kernow,decorative,earthenware,figure,figurine,glazedTobyJug,jugs,novelty,old,Cross Bones,SouthWest,South West,GoTonySmith,Great,Britain,British,English,ceramics,character,glaze,antique,pirates,Fillpot,Philpot,of,the,Caribbean,Jack,Sparrow,Disney,spooky,folklore,tales,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Pirates of the Caribbean,Pirates of the Caribean,Jack Sparrow,pirate legends
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC5C - A Toby Jug - also sometimes known as a Fillpot (or Philpot) - is a pottery jug in the form of a seated person, or the head of a recognizable person (often an English king). Typically the seated figure is a heavy-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and wearing 18th century attire: a long coat and a tricorn hat. The tricorn hat forms a pouring spout, often with a removable lid, and a handle is attached at the rear. Jugs depicting just the head and shoulders of a figure are also referred to as Toby Jugs, although these should strictly be called Character Jugs
Cornwall, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,water,waterside,South West England,City Centre,Lady Of Ruding,Lady Rudding,Collision,Cornwall,dock,docks,city centre,BS1,Motor yacht,at Bristol Docks,Welsh Back,Avon,BS1 4SP,boat,ship,white,hull,shipping,Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents,Datchet barge,Fleur de Lys Motor yacht,Fleur de Lys,repair,repairs,moored,mooring,pleasure boat,sailing,sailing boat,summer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM1TGC - Collision between motor yacht Lady of Rudding and dumb barge, towed by workboat Datchet, with 1 person injured
Location: 10.5 miles west north west of Tintagel, Cornwall, England.
More at https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/collision-between-motor-yacht-lady-of-rudding-and-a-dumb-barge-towed-by-workboat-datchet-off-tintagel-cornwall-england-resulting-in-1-person-injured
Welsh Back, Bristol , Avon, South West England, UK, BS1 4SP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Barbara Hepworth Museum,seaside,resort,fishing,port,sunset,chapel,on the,Porhmeor,beach,graveyard,cemetery,Porthmeor,Barnoon,harbour,trawlers,contemplative,mood,beautiful,nightshot,night,dusk,gravestones,seascape,glow,Atlantic,grave,Celtic,stones,cornwall,South,sky,orange,Penwith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0DC - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2014, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is St Ives Barnoon, chapel & cemetery, on the Porthmeor beach, seaside, Cornwall, England, UK, TR26 1AB. A broader reading of the photograph includes place identity, local social venue, church interior, parish history, religious heritage, period detail, local history, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, changing streetscape, faith community, and community drinking venue. Today's relevance is strengthened by maintenance costs, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, changing drinking habits and beer duty are closely linked to this subject, alongside the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes public realm, beer-led hospitality, ecclesiastical art, night-time economy, visual archive, historical comparison, everyday life, and local character. Elements such as beach, chapel, Porthmeor, seaside, and cemetery add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance costs and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: UK,england,Kernow,Cornwall,sand,beach,surf,surfers,sepia,selecti UK,selective,colour,mono,b/w,black,white,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpixuk,hotpics,hotpicsuk,celtic,cross,stone,cemetary,goth,gothic,grave,graves,seaside,sea,side,#tonysmithhotpix,solar symbol
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4714928394 - 'The Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection.
In the Celtic Christian world it was combined with the Christian cross and this design was often used for high crosses. These are free-standing crosses made of stone and often richly decorated.
With the Celtic Revival, the shape, usually decorated with interlace and other motifs from Insular art, became popular for funerary monuments and other uses, and has remained so, spreading well beyond the British Isles.
It is popular in Cornwall where an individual feeling of ancient culture lives on, as can be seen in the Barnoon cemetary here, which overlooks the St Ives surfing beach of Porthmeor.
In Celtic regions of Ireland and later in Great Britain, many free-standing upright crosses or high crosses were erected by Irish monks, beginning at least as early as the 7th century. Some of these 'Celtic' crosses bear inscriptions in runes. There are surviving free-standing crosses in Cornwall (famously St Piran's cross at Perranporth) and Wales, on the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as the many in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in the former Northumbria and Scotland, and further south in England.
Due to its simplicity as a symboil, in Germany, the Celtic cross was adopted by a prohibited neo-Nazi party (VSBD/PdA) leading to the ban of the symbol.
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Keywords: Cornish,cornwall,Kernow,england,UK,GB,britain,tin,mine,mining,industry,industrial,archiology,mono,selective,colour,b/w,sepia,toned,holiday,accomodation,ruins,old,hotpix!,#tonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4726413997 - 'Mining in Cornwall has a long history and began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC. It ended with the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall closing in 1998. Tin and later also copper were the most productive of the metals extracted. Some tin mining continued long after mining of other metals had become unprofitable.
Tin is one of the earliest metals to have been exploited in Britain. Chalcolithic metal workers discovered that by putting a small amount of tin (5 - 20%) in molten copper an alloy called bronze was produced that was easier to work and harder than copper. The oldest production of tin-bronze is in Turkey about 3500 BC but exploitation of the tin resources in Britain is believed to have started before 2000 BC, with a thriving tin trade developing with the civilisations of the Mediterranean. The strategic importance of tin in forging bronze weapons brought the southwest of Britain into the Mediterranean economy at an early date. Later tin was also used in the production of pewter.
Cornwall was traditionally thought to have been visited by metal traders from the eastern Mediterranean. However, it is likely that the tin trade with the Mediterranean was controlled by the Veneti. Britain was one of the places proposed for the Cassiterides, that is Tin Islands.
As South-West Britain was one of the few parts of England to escape glaciation, tin ore was readily available on the surface. Originally it is likely that alluvial deposits in the gravels of streams were exploited but later underground working took place. Shallow cuttings were then used to extract ore.
Diodorus Siculus around 1 BC had this to say about ancient tin mining in Britain. 'They that inhabit the British promontory of Balerion by reason of their converse with strangers are more civilised and courteous to strangers than the rest are. These are the people that prepare the tin, which with a great deal of care and labour, they dig out of the ground, and that being done the metal is mixed with some veins of earth out of which they melt the metal and refine it. Then they cast it into regular blocks and carry it to a certain island near at hand called Ictis for at low tide, all being dry between there and the island, tin in large quantities is brought over in carts.'
By the 19th century, the areas of Cornwall around Gwennap and St Day and on the coast around Porthtowan were among the richest mining areas in the world and at its height the Cornish tin mining industry had around 600 steam engines working to pump out the mines (many mines stretched out under the sea and some went down to great depths). Adventurers put up the capital, and the mines would hopefully return them a profit.
During the 20th century various ores became briefly profitable, and mines were reopened, but today none remain. Dolcoath mine, (Cornish for Old Ground), the 'Queen of Cornish Mines' was, at a depth of 3500 feet (1067 m), for many years the deepest mine in the world, not to mention one of the oldest before its closure in 1921. Indeed, the last working tin mine in Europe, South Crofty, was to be found near Camborne until its closure in March 1998. An attempt was made to reopen it but the mine was then abandoned. There have been local media reports in September 2006 that South Crofty is being considered for re-opening as the price of tin has soared however the site is now part of a Compulsory Purchase Order (October 2006). On the wall outside the gate is some graffiti dating from 1999:
'Cornish lads are fishermen and Cornish lads are miners too. / But when the fish and tin are gone, what are the Cornish boys to do?'
Many old mine buildings with a chimney for the steam engine exhaust dot the Cornish landscape today. This one has been sensitively restored and put to residential use.
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Keywords: RNLI,stives,cornwall,shop,charity,british,england,english,life,boat,service,hotpix!,#tonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4725563198 - 'Sir William Hillary came to live on the Isle of Man in 1808. Being aware of the treacherous nature of the Irish Sea, with many ships being wrecked around the Manx coast, he drew up plans for a national lifeboat service manned by trained crews. Initially he received little response from the Admiralty but on appealing to the more philanthropic members of London society, the plans were adopted with the help of two members of parliament - Thomas Wilson and George Hibbert - the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was founded in 1824.
Thirty years later the title changed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the first of the new lifeboats to be built was stationed at Douglas in recognition of the work of Sir William.
The RNLI operates 444 lifeboats (332 are on station, 112 are in the relief fleet), from 235 lifeboat stations around the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
In 2009, the RNLI Lifeguards service was also expanded to cover over 140 beaches. RNLI lifeguards are paid by the appropriate town or city council, while the RNLI provides their equipment and training. In contrast, most lifeboat crew members are unpaid volunteers, most receive a small hourly reimbursement for the duration of a tasking which goes towards lost work pay and so on.
The RNLI is funded by voluntary donations and legacies and has an annual budget of around \u00a3139 million. Much of this is raised by volunteers like Doreen and Margaret and go towards the rescue of around 21 people each day.
If you see one of their distinctive lifeboat shaped collecting boxes, drop in a donation and do your bit!
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Keywords: stives,st.,ives,lighthouse,cornwall,england,UK,hdr,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4709822662 - 'These chaps are controlling the St Ives yacht club race from the old pier lighthouse. A new automatic light house has been added on a pier extension and while this one serves well for events, it is no longer the sole beacon looking out to the atlantic.
A horn was used to start each boat and timings made.
The origin of St Ives is attributed in legend to the arrival of the Irish Saint Ia of Cornwall, in the 5th century. The parish church in St Ives still bears the name of this saint, and the name St Ives itself derives from it.
The town was the site of a particularly notable atrocity during the Prayer Book rebellion of 1549. The English Provost Marshal (Anthony Kingston) came to St Ives and invited the portreeve, John Payne, to lunch at an inn. He asked the portreeve to have the gallows erected during the course of the lunch. Afterwards the portreeve and the Provost Marshal walked down to the gallows
the Provost Marshal then ordered the portreeve to mount the gallows. The portreeve was then hanged for being a 'busy rebel'. I guess that if 'rebels' wern't busy they did not come up to be disciplined!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW31 - St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia, meaning St Ia's cove) is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort, notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by The Guardian newspaper
Pedn Olva Mine, a former copper mine, at Pedn Olva Point adit, operated in St Ives before 1911, when the engine house on Pedn Olva Point was demolished, now the site of the Pedn Olva Hotel.
The modern seaside resort developed as a result of the arrival of the St Ives Bay branch line from St Erth, part of the Great Western Railway in 1877. With it came a new generation of Victorian seaside holidaymakers. Much of the town was built during the latter part of the 19th century. The railway, which winds along the cliffs and bays, survived the Beeching cuts and has become a tourist attraction itself
From medieval times fishing was important at St Ives
it was one of the most important fishing ports on the north Cornish coast. The original pier's construction date is unknown but the first reference to St Ives having a pier was in 1478 in William Worcester's 'Itinerary'. The pier was re-built by John Smeaton between 1766 and 1770 after falling into disrepair. It was lengthened at a later date. The octagonal lookout with a cupola belongs to Smeaton's design
The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1840. In 1867 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) built a boathouse at Porthgwidden beach. It proved to be a difficult site to launch from, and in 1867 it was replaced by a building in Fore Street.
The Wharf, St Ives, Saint Ives , Cornwall, England, UK, TR26 1LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW3B - St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia, meaning St Ia's cove) is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort, notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by The Guardian newspaper
Pedn Olva Mine, a former copper mine, at Pedn Olva Point adit, operated in St Ives before 1911, when the engine house on Pedn Olva Point was demolished, now the site of the Pedn Olva Hotel.
The modern seaside resort developed as a result of the arrival of the St Ives Bay branch line from St Erth, part of the Great Western Railway in 1877. With it came a new generation of Victorian seaside holidaymakers. Much of the town was built during the latter part of the 19th century. The railway, which winds along the cliffs and bays, survived the Beeching cuts and has become a tourist attraction itself
From medieval times fishing was important at St Ives
it was one of the most important fishing ports on the north Cornish coast. The original pier's construction date is unknown but the first reference to St Ives having a pier was in 1478 in William Worcester's 'Itinerary'. The pier was re-built by John Smeaton between 1766 and 1770 after falling into disrepair. It was lengthened at a later date. The octagonal lookout with a cupola belongs to Smeaton's design
The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1840. In 1867 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) built a boathouse at Porthgwidden beach. It proved to be a difficult site to launch from, and in 1867 it was replaced by a building in Fore Street.
The Wharf, St Ives, Saint Ives , Cornwall, England, UK, TR26 1LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCXR - . A grounded documentary photograph made at St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK in 2009, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Sunset over Barnoon cemetery & chapel St Ives Southern Cornwall, England, UK West Penwith local authority. The locality and subject together evoke beer-led hospitality, traditional pub, visitor hospitality, historic hostelry, licensed trade, local history, place identity, changing streetscape, period detail, social history, ecclesiastical art, religious heritage, everyday life, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by historic fabric, accessibility and the continuing question of how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and staffing pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in real-ale culture, documentary photography, ecclesiastical architecture, parish history, licensed hospitality, contemporary social history, regional identity, and visual archive. Elements such as Barnoon, authority, cemetery, chapel, and Southern add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK 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 historic fabric and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles within the real-world context of St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK.
St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW27 - This magical route connects the old world fishing harbour of St Mawes on the Roseland Peninsula with the bustling maritime port of Falmouth steeped in history and heritage.
- Route :: Falmouth - St Mawes
- Runs :: 7 Days a week all year round
- Journey time :: 20 mins
- Phone :: 01326 741 194
- Dog Friendly :: Yes
- Bikes :: Bike Friendly
The ferry provides a year round service to passengers with up to three ferries an hour in the summer and an hourly service in the winter months. Anytime of year is perfect to visit, whether enjoying a relaxing cruise on hot summer days or soaking in the serene surroundings in winter.
LIVE Status - St Mawes Ferry
16:24 PM, Fri 28 Jul
Running / St Mawes Ferry: Running 7 days a week to Summer Timetable.
Green / running Amber / disruption Red / not running
All sailings subject to tide, weather and circumstances
One of Cornwall's most popular boat trips, it carries over 162,000 passengers a year on the 2.8 mile route and is an absolute must for anyone visiting Cornwall. The fleet is made up of four classic wooden ferries which provide the service to both visitors and locals alike 364 days a year, saving a road journey of over 29 miles.
Waterfront, St Mawes, Truro, Cornwall, England, UK, TR2 5DG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MXM - . Dusk at The Castle Inn St Ives Bay South Cornwall England UK. Photographed on 1 June 2009. The recorded location is 16, Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1AB, England, United Kingdom. In the longer view, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. The historical context is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. The subject remains topical in 2026 because contemporary tourism is shaped by strong demand for city breaks and leisure travel alongside concerns about sustainability, crowding and the environmental cost of transport
Earlier destination images provide useful comparison with today's visitor economy. In historical terms, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. Further editorial search language includes scenic view, night photography, and seasonal landscape.
16, Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1AB, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW0M - A lifebuoy is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water, to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. Some modern lifebuoys are fitted with one or more seawater-activated lights, to aid rescue at night.
Other names for lifebuoy include safety wheel, lifebelt, water wheely, ring buoy, life ring, lifering, lifesaver, life donut, life preserver, Perry buoy, or Kisbee ring. The Kisbee ring, sometimes kisby ring or kisbie ring, is thought to be named after inventor Thomas Kisbee (1792“1877), a British naval officer
The lifebuoy is usually ring- or horseshoe-shaped personal flotation device with a connecting line allowing the casualty to be pulled to the rescuer in a boat. They are carried by ships and are also located beside bodies of water that have the depth or potential to drown someone. They are often subjected to vandalism which, since the unavailability of lifebuoys could lead to death, may be punished by fines (up to £5,000 in the United Kingdom) or imprisonment.
The UK Royal Life Saving Society considers lifebuoys unsuitable for use in swimming pools because throwing one into a busy pool could injure the casualty or other pool users. In these locations, lifebuoys have been superseded by devices such as the torpedo buoy.
In the United States, Coast Guard approved lifebuoys are considered Type IV personal flotation devices. At least one Type IV PFD is required on all vessels 26 feet or more in length.
Leonardo da Vinci sketched a concept for a safety wheel, as well as for buoyant shoes and balancing sticks for walking on water
The Digey, St Ives, Cornwall, Kernow, South West England, UK, TR26 1HR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MX5 - . Dusk in St Ives Town, Fore Street, Cornish Ice Cream Shop, Cornwall, South West England, UK. Photographed on 31 May 2009. The recorded location is Fore Street, St Ives Town, Cornwall , Kernow , England, United Kingdom. A photograph of a dusk walk down the cobbled street of St Ives, a beautiful fishing town in the south of Cornwall ( Kernow ). The night shot has a clear blue sky and shows the charming shops in Fore St, that leads down to the harbour. As background, landscape images record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. Looking at the subject's development, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new structures, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. As background, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape images added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. For the 2026 context, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include panorama, scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, skyline, cityscape, coastal landscape, urban landscape, wide view, and sense of place.
Fore Street, St Ives Town, Cornwall , Kernow , England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDP2 - . An identifiable period record of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK in 2009, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Classic Cornish Tin Mine pumping building turned into a house , near Camborne. The subject also carries associations with bricks-and-mortar retail, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, retail property, place identity, changing streetscape, high-street commerce, everyday life, changing land use, customer footfall, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, public realm, and independent retail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. As a dated visual record of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are archival record, specialist retailer, local history, period detail, small business, visual archive, specialist shop, and town-centre trading. The combination of turned, building, pumping, Camborne, and house anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance as part of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK's history.
Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTH0 - . Barnoon Church and Graveyard , St Ives South Cornwall in mono , England UK. The recorded location is Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England UK. The Gothic. In historical terms, parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. The historical context is that historic inscriptions provide unusually direct documentary evidence
Names, dates, dedications and symbolic imagery can connect a present-day location with former residents, workers, congregations or wartime casualties, making the object relevant to both genealogy and wider social history. The historical context is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. During 2026, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant. The subject remains topical in 2026 because interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed photographs help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. During 2026, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object.
Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21X7 - Barnoon Chapel , Celtic cross And Graveyard, with blue summer sky , St Ives Cornwall
St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia) is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis and the town is now primarily a popular holiday resort, notably achieving the award 'Best UK Seaside Town' from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by the Guardian newspaper.
Barnoon Chapel and Graveyard, Alexandra Road, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, TR26 1JG
