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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,luxury,camping,glamping,festival,accommodation,traffic,sign,direction sign,M56,junction,11,12,event,management,transport,temporary,signage,Warrington,Runcorn,August,Bank,Holiday,music,dance,electronic,tipi,tent,tents,PepsiMax,Tipis,Crew Huts,dedicated,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TAJ - . A temporary yellow Creamfields and Dreamfields direction sign beside a Cheshire lane separates festival traffic, pointing Creamfields one way while telling other event vehicles to use the M56 at junctions 11 or 12. Dreamfields is the premium campsite, with tipis, crew huts, Airstream-style units and luxury bell tents plus hot showers, conventional toilets, a pamper area, 24-hour reception and security, a dedicated entrance and parking. The sign therefore represents both traffic management and the growth of 'glamping' as part of modern British festival culture. Creamfields moved to Daresbury in 2006 and celebrates 20 years at the Cheshire site in 2026. Its origins lie in Liverpool's Cream club night at Nation from 1992 and the first Creamfields festival at Winchester in 1998. The event now creates a temporary city of stages, campsites, bars, welfare facilities, roads and service compounds, with up to 80,000 fans expected across the August Bank Holiday weekend. The 2026 line-up ranges from Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto to Carl Cox, Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Becky Hill, Amelie Lens, Fisher and Martin Garrix. Official travel guidance tells motorists to follow event signage rather than sat-nav routes, an important point on narrow rural roads around Daresbury, and local restrictions are used to reduce congestion and protect residents. Police security work is equally visible behind the scenes: Cheshire Constabulary reported finding drugs including ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and about 204 nitrous-oxide canisters buried on the site before the 2026 gates opened. This photograph can illustrate luxury camping, festival accommodation, motorway access, temporary wayfinding, glamping, tourism logistics, event traffic, rural infrastructure and the increasingly sophisticated hospitality economy surrounding large-scale live music. The image also records how temporary motorway routing is used to protect minor Cheshire lanes.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4675,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,no access,festival,traffic,rural lane,country,lane,management,road,closure,temporary,sign,red,event,signage,restrictions,local,residents,rural,roads,Warrington,Runcorn,August,Bank,Holiday,music,dance,electronic,closed,congestion,disruption,disrupted,jam,jams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TCC - . A red roadside sign reading 'NO ACCESS TO CREAMFIELDS TRAFFIC' sits on a narrow rural lane at Daresbury, Cheshire, illustrating how local roads are protected from festival traffic during the annual August Bank Holiday event. Creamfields temporarily changes the movement pattern of a wide area between Warrington and Runcorn. Organisers use signed approaches, closures, temporary speed limits and designated entrances for campers, day visitors, coaches, deliveries and residents. Warrington Borough Council's 2026 traffic information lists closures affecting Daresbury Lane, Warrington Road, Hatton Lane, Old Chester Road and other local routes, while residents are intended to retain access to the roads where they live. The festival itself has been based at Daresbury since 2006, making 2026 its 20th year at the Cheshire site. Cream's story began with the Liverpool club night at Nation in 1992 and the first Creamfields outdoor festival followed in Winchester in 1998, before the event expanded into today's four-day camping format. Up to 80,000 fans are expected in 2026, with Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Carl Cox, Becky Hill, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Amelie Lens and many more on the bill. The quiet lane and emphatic sign show the other side of that spectacle: local traffic management, stewardship and the effort to stop inappropriate vehicle movements through small communities. The same pre-event period also saw Cheshire Constabulary searching the grounds and recovering buried ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and nitrous oxide. This documentary photograph is valuable for stories about rural road safety, event planning, festival disruption, access control, policing, temporary highways management, tourism pressure and the annual negotiation between a major international music event and the everyday lives of people in the surrounding Cheshire countryside.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,village,sign,rural,Lewis Carroll,Charles,Lutwidge,Dodgson,Wonderland,All,Saints,Church,Lewis,Carroll,Centre,2026,music,festival,dance,electronic,August,Bank,event,old,fashioned,fingered,at,in,tourist,attraction,history,historic,painted,black,white
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TD6 - . A traditional white Cheshire fingerpost naming Daresbury and Warrington stands against a tall green hedge, recording the permanent rural identity of the village that each August becomes synonymous with Creamfields. Daresbury lies between Warrington and Runcorn and is internationally known for two very different cultural associations. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the future Lewis Carroll, was born here in 1832, and All Saints Church preserves the village's Alice in Wonderland connection through the Lewis Carroll Visitor Centre and memorial window. All Saints has deep roots: an earlier church dates to around 1100, its tower to about 1500 and the present Paley and Austin building to 1870. Since 2006 Daresbury has also been the home of Creamfields, the major electronic dance festival that grew from Liverpool's Cream club culture. The first Creamfields was held in Winchester in 1998, then expanded at Liverpool Airfield before moving to Cheshire. In 2026 the event celebrates 20 years at Daresbury and expects up to 80,000 fans over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Headline and featured artists include Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Becky Hill, Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox and Amelie Lens, demonstrating how this small place name has become familiar to clubbers around the world. Festival week brings temporary road closures, parking zones, pedestrian routes, security searches and extensive signage to the surrounding lanes. Cheshire Constabulary's 2026 pre-event operation also found quantities of drugs buried on the grounds, reinforcing the contrast between the tranquil village landscape and the complex policing of a mass gathering. This image is suited to editorial themes of Cheshire geography, village identity, Lewis Carroll heritage, literary tourism, festival culture, rural change, placemaking and the unusual coexistence of historic English countryside with a globally recognised dance-music destination.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4679,Daresbury,Creamfields,2026,Cheshire,Lewis Carroll,Lewis Carroll Centre,All Saints Church,Alice,Wonderland,Charles,Lutwidge,Dodgson,village,access,businesses,open,church,festival,traffic,traffic restrictions,temporary,sign,event,signage,literary,heritage,tourism,Warrington,music,dance,August,Pepsi Max,PepsiMax
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TDR - . A temporary Creamfields traffic notice in Daresbury states 'No access to Creamfields' while adding that local businesses, All Saints Church and the Lewis Carroll Centre remain open as usual. It captures the annual balance between restricting festival traffic and keeping village life accessible. Creamfields moved to Daresbury in 2006 and the 2026 August Bank Holiday edition celebrates 20 years at the site, with up to 80,000 electronic-music fans expected. The festival traces its wider story to Liverpool's Cream club night, launched at Nation in 1992, and to the first Creamfields outdoor event at Winchester in 1998. Daresbury has a cultural identity far older than dance music. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was born in the village in 1832. All Saints Church is internationally associated with the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
the church says its earliest predecessor was built around 1100, its tower dates from about 1500 and the present Paley and Austin building dates from 1870. The Lewis Carroll Visitor Centre and memorial window connect the village with his childhood and literary legacy. In festival week the same roads are covered with temporary direction signs, closures and lower speed limits intended to keep Creamfields traffic away from unsuitable lanes and preserve access for locals. The 2026 music programme includes Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Becky Hill, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Carl Cox and Amelie Lens. This image brings together two contrasting forms of tourism and culture: Victorian literary heritage and twenty-first-century global dance music. It is useful for stories on event traffic management, local business continuity, village access, Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland heritage, Cheshire tourism and how a small rural settlement accommodates one of Britain's biggest festivals.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4680,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,advance warning,expect delays,traffic,delays,festival,delivery,inductions,temporary,sign,road,event,signage,management,restrictions,Warrington,Runcorn,A56,Lane,August,Bank,Holiday,music,dance,electronic,logistics,build,production,Pepsi Max,PepsiMax,closed,congestion,disruption,disrupted,jam,jams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TDW - . A yellow 'Advance Warning Creamfields 27th-31st August 2026 “ Expect Delays' sign stands beside a Daresbury road, with smaller wording directing delivery and induction traffic during the festival build. It records the pre-show transport footprint as contractors, crews, suppliers and campers are channelled through rural roads between Warrington and Runcorn. Creamfields 2026 marks 20 years since the festival moved to Daresbury in 2006. Its history reaches back to Liverpool's influential Cream club night at Nation, launched in 1992, and to the first outdoor Creamfields at Winchester in 1998. What began as a one-day dance festival has become a four-day camping event with up to 80,000 fans expected. The 2026 programme includes major names from several generations of electronic music, among them Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Becky Hill, Amelie Lens, Fisher and Martin Garrix. Local authorities and organisers impose temporary closures, speed restrictions and signed routes to manage congestion and protect residents
Warrington Borough Council lists restrictions on roads including Daresbury Lane, Warrington Road, Hatton Lane, Old Chester Road and parts of the A56 corridor. The operational scale also includes policing and security searches: on 24 August 2026 Cheshire Constabulary said officers had recovered buried ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and approximately 204 nitrous-oxide canisters from the grounds. This photograph is therefore a useful visual shorthand for the hidden logistics behind festival culture. It covers advance warning, traffic congestion, deliveries, workforce induction, road safety, temporary event infrastructure, local disruption, festival production and the transformation of agricultural countryside into a major international entertainment venue for one intense Bank Holiday weekend. It also preserves the exact 2026 event dates on roadside street furniture.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4681,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,pedestrians,pedestrian,route,sign,wayfinding,festival,temporary,signage,infrastructure,traffic,management,crowd,roadside,grass verge,music,dance,electronic,festivalgoers,August,Bank,Holiday,Warrington,event,logistics,road,restrictions,transport,walk,walkers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TJ2 - . A freestanding blue 'Creamfields pedestrians' sign on a grass verge at Daresbury directs festivalgoers away from normal road traffic during the build-up to Creamfields 2026. It forms part of the temporary wayfinding, entrances, parking and pedestrian routes placed across this rural corner of Cheshire each August Bank Holiday. Creamfields has a long connection with north-west England's dance-music culture. Cream began as a Liverpool club night at Nation in 1992
the outdoor festival launched in Winchester in 1998, expanded at Liverpool Airfield and moved to Daresbury in 2006. Twenty years later, the 2026 edition brings another four-day programme to the site, with up to 80,000 fans expected and a line-up including Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Becky Hill, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Amelie Lens, Fisher and Martin Garrix. The pedestrian sign captures an aspect visitors often notice only subconsciously: the enormous temporary city required around a major festival, where fields become campsites and arenas while roads acquire one-way flows, closures, speed restrictions and dedicated walking corridors. Warrington Borough Council publishes event-specific restrictions designed to control traffic and reduce disturbance to nearby communities, while organisers ask attendees to follow signs rather than sat-nav directions. In 2026 safety planning also included specialist police searches after Cheshire Constabulary found drugs concealed and buried on the grounds before gates opened. As an editorial photograph, this scene can illustrate pedestrian safety, mass-event transport, crowd movement, festival operations, temporary signage, rural road management, sustainable travel and the interface between entertainment tourism and village life. It records the quiet logistical framework supporting the lasers, stages, camping, DJs and all-night dance culture for which Creamfields is internationally recognised.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4682,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,pedestrians,pedestrian,sign,festival,direction sign,temporary,event,traffic,management,crowd,movement,transport,road,safety,music,dance,electronic,August,Bank,Holiday,Warrington,Runcorn,logistics,walking,route,infrastructure,Police,Pepsi Max,PepsiMax,walk,walkers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TNT - . A blue temporary 'Creamfields pedestrians' direction sign beside traffic at Daresbury, Cheshire, guides people on foot during preparations for the 2026 August Bank Holiday dance-music festival. For a few days each year the rural road network between Warrington and Runcorn is reorganised around tens of thousands of visitors, with dedicated entrances, pedestrian routes, shuttle and coach arrivals, parking areas, road restrictions and extensive temporary wayfinding. Creamfields began in 1998 at the Matterley Estate near Winchester after growing out of Liverpool's celebrated Cream club culture, then used Liverpool Airfield before moving to Daresbury in 2006. The 2026 event celebrates 20 years at the Cheshire site and is expected to draw up to 80,000 fans. Its bill demonstrates the breadth of modern electronic music, from Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto to Carl Cox, Becky Hill, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Amelie Lens, Andy C and many newer house, techno, trance, hard-dance and drum-and-bass names. The sign was photographed in a week when security was also prominent: Cheshire Constabulary reported on 24 August that specialist searches had found ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and around 204 nitrous-oxide canisters hidden or buried on the festival grounds. Police and event security operate a visible presence while local traffic measures are intended to protect residents and separate festival movements from normal village life. This image therefore works beyond a simple road-sign record. It illustrates pedestrian management, sustainable movement on foot, crowd safety, traffic segregation, event logistics, temporary public-realm design and the striking annual contrast between everyday Cheshire roads and the arrival of a globally known festival community. It is suited to stories about music tourism, festival infrastructure, policing, transport planning, local disruption and British summer event culture.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4684,Creamfields,Creamfields 2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,accessible camping,accessible,parking,accessibility,disabled,access,inclusive,festival,disability,camping,campsite,wheelchair,users,mobility,essential,companion,toilets,Changing,Places,viewing,platform,sign,direction sign,event,signage,music,dance,Pepsi Max,PepsiMax,closed,congestion,disruption,disrupted,jam,jams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TYC - . A yellow temporary direction sign points to Creamfields accessible camping and parking at Daresbury, Cheshire, documenting the practical infrastructure needed to make a very large outdoor music festival usable by disabled and mobility-impaired visitors. Creamfields 2026 runs over the August Bank Holiday weekend and marks 20 years since the event moved to Daresbury in 2006. Its roots lie in Liverpool's Cream club night, founded at Nation in 1992, while the festival itself began at Winchester in 1998 and developed into a multi-day camping event attracting tens of thousands of electronic-music fans. The official 2026 accessibility arrangements include an accessible campsite close to the arena, accessible routes, wheelchair-accessible toilets and showers, a Changing Places unit, charging for wheelchairs and medical equipment, medication refrigeration, viewing platforms and ground-level viewing areas, plus free accessible parking for approved customers. Essential companion tickets are also available through the application process. The festival advises visitors that the site is largely grass and can become muddy, waterlogged or difficult to cross in poor weather, making clear route finding and parking particularly important. The 2026 line-up spans global dance culture, with artists including Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Carl Cox, Becky Hill, Underworld, Fatboy Slim and Amelie Lens. Against that spectacular entertainment backdrop, this modest roadside sign represents inclusion, event planning and the logistics that determine whether a festival is genuinely accessible. It is useful for editorial themes around disability access, inclusive leisure, reasonable adjustments, accessible tourism, festival transport, blue-badge-style parking, outdoor event design, equality, crowd management and the temporary transformation of rural Cheshire during one of the UK's best-known dance festivals.
Creamfields, Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,festival,music,rave,dance,electronic,Latchford,Cheshire,A50,traffic,delays,warning,sign,road,motoring,travel,event,August,2026,weekend,congestion,temporary,roadside,orange,LED,display,festivalgoers,drugs,policing,buried,DJ,DJs,management,roadside information board,MDMA,bust,ecstasy,ketamine,nitrous oxide,tickets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP99X - Electronic roadside message sign in Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, warning motorists that delays are possible during Creamfields, the major annual electronic dance music festival held at Daresbury over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The amber LED display reads CREAMFIELDS FESTIVAL 27-30 AUG DELAYS POSSIBLE , illustrating the effect a large regional entertainment event can have on surrounding roads, neighbourhoods and everyday journeys well beyond the festival site. Creamfields 2026 runs from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August at Daresbury and marks 20 years at its Cheshire home. Organisers describe it as a leading dance music festival, with a large programme of DJs and electronic artists attracting visitors from across Britain and overseas. Cheshire Constabulary said up to 80,000 music fans were expected and that policing would extend beyond the site, with attention also given to minimising disruption for local communities. On 24 August 2026 police announced that specialist pre-event searches had uncovered a sizeable quantity of class A, B and C drugs hidden and buried in the festival grounds. The haul included about 204 canisters of nitrous oxide together with bags containing ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine tablets. Officers said searches would continue before opening and reiterated the festival's zero-tolerance approach to illegal drugs. The warning board therefore records both the practical transport impact of one of the UK's largest dance events and the extensive planning, traffic management, security and policing operation required around it. Latchford lies on the Warrington side of the wider road network used by residents, commuters and festival traffic travelling towards the Daresbury area, making temporary signs such as this part of the effort to alert road users to congestion and possible delays during the busy Bank Holiday period. It also provides a contemporary record of how major festivals affect transport, policing and local life in Cheshire.
Maybrook Place Bridge Shopping Centre, Latchford, Warrington WA4 1JR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A1327,wording,arranged,letter,tiles,across,street,map,Greater,England,culture,art,music,museum,design,heritage,creative,tourism,indie,dance,acid house,acidhouse,baggy,scene,Happy Mondays,bands,Factory,Hac,NQ4,Ancoats,Piccadilly,nightlife,nightclub,FAC51,Mancunian,identity,indie club scene warehouse club Whitworth Street West
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CT7T - Madchester wording is spelled out in cream Scrabble-style letter tiles arranged diagonally across a printed street map of Manchester, creating a clean graphic still-life image rooted in the geography and cultural identity of the city. Place names including Ancoats and Piccadilly are visible beneath the tiles, helping to anchor the concept in central Manchester rather than presenting it as a generic word game photograph. The composition directly references Madchester, the label widely applied to the late 1980s and early 1990s Manchester music explosion associated with indie dance, baggy culture, acid house and the crossover between guitar bands and club music. It evokes the era of Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder, Bez, Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub, often shortened to The Hac, along with the wider rave and nightlife culture that turned Manchester into one of Britain's defining music cities. The use of letter tiles gives the image an immediate sense of wordplay and pop-cultural nostalgia, while the monochrome street map background adds documentary detail and a stronger sense of place. The visible urban cartography also hints at the close relationship between neighbourhood identity, club locations, record-label mythology and the streets of the city itself. As an editorial concept image it is suitable for illustrating features about Manchester music heritage, cultural tourism, youth culture, urban identity, club history, northern England and the continuing fascination with the Madchester era. The overhead arrangement leaves useful copy space and makes the subject easy to read at a glance, while the combination of typography, cartography and cultural reference creates a concise visual summary of Manchester's music mythology, local geography and enduring brand as a city of sound, nightlife and alternative culture. It works well for magazines, travel pages and retrospective music features looking back at the Hacienda years and the second summer of love.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A1330,themed,letter,tiles,over,Greater,England,culture,art,music,museum,design,heritage,creative,Factory,records,baggy,indie,dance,acid house,rave,northern,pop,cultural,history,nightlife,legendary,nightclub,ecstasy,Shaun Ryder,Bez,Step On,Kinky Afro,Pills n Thrills,drug,drugs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CT81 - . MadFrit Madchester-themed letter tiles over an Ancoats and Manchester street map, evoking Happy Mondays, the Hacienda and 1980s Mad Frit music. Photographed on 15 August 2026. The recorded location is Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Factory Records, founded in Manchester in 1978 by Tony Wilson and partners, became central to the city's post-punk and dance culture through artists including Joy Division and New Order and through the Haçienda nightclub. Its design-led catalogue and influence on the later Madchester scene made surviving offices, signs and ephemera important pieces of British music history. Looking at concert photography, the longer history is that concert culture changed with amplification, arena touring, festivals and digital promotion, yet the basic relationship between performer, venue and audience continues to be central
Older gig photographs can gain significance as bands, buildings and local scenes change. The background to engineering history is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. Within the history of local history, museums turn objects into interpreted past, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. In 2026, concert photography remains relevant because streaming dominates recorded music , increasing the importance of touring, merchandise and live events to many artists
Historical concert images therefore connect fan culture with the changing economics of the music business. Its wider subject context includes archive research, library service, and cultural institution.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A1334,Factory,Records,themed,letter,tiles,map,Greater,England,design,heritage,creative,dance,DJ,DJs,rave,ravers,Tony Wilson,Badly Drawn Boy,John Cooper Clarke,urban,weekend,break,second,city,2nd,nostalgia,Oasis,Space Monkeys,entertainment,night,out,nights,indie,Fac51,1980s,era
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CTE1 - Conceptual Manchester tourism and nightlife image using cream letter tiles spelling MAD CHESTER across the distinctive black and yellow striped FAC51 The Haçienda design, positioned over a detailed street map of Manchester. The humorous Mad Chester wordplay references Madchester, the late 1980s and early 1990s music and club culture that helped establish Manchester as one of Britain's best-known destinations for gigs, nightlife and alternative culture. The composition also works as an illustration of a Manchester city break, combining music heritage with the modern visitor attractions of bars, pubs, restaurants, independent businesses, live music and late-night entertainment.
Manchester remains strongly associated with Factory Records, The Haçienda, acid house, rave culture, New Order and Happy Mondays. The former FAC51 Haçienda nightclub became particularly influential in the development of British dance and club culture, including the ecstasy and MDMA-fuelled rave era of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The image can therefore illustrate both the celebrated creative legacy and the drugs culture historically associated with parts of Britain's rave and nightclub scene, without implying drug use by any contemporary venue or visitor.
For today's tourist, Manchester offers contrasting but closely connected city-centre neighbourhoods. The Northern Quarter is promoted for independent shops, street art, creative spaces, cafés, bars and live music, while the Gay Village around Canal Street remains one of Britain's best-known LGBTQ+ nightlife destinations, with pubs, restaurants, clubs and events. Together with the city's extensive gig, food and drinking scene, these areas contribute to Manchester's reputation as a lively, unconventional and culturally distinctive weekend-break destination. Visible map details including Piccadilly, Ardwick, Ashton and Pollard Street reinforce the image's geographical identity and urban character
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1239,Dancing to Kiki Inferno,live,entertainment,Warrington Pride 2026,Time Square,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,audience,dance,stage,performer,Pride,LGBTQ+,equality,inclusion,community,festival,rainbow,family,activities,public,celebration,summer,crowd,participation,event,LGBT,LGBTQ,town,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNY6 - Dancing to Kiki Inferno live entertainment at Warrington Pride 2026 in Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Audience members dance and raise their arms in front of a small outdoor stage while a brightly dressed performer leads the activity. The image captures the participatory, family-friendly side of a modern Pride celebration, with people of different ages joining in rather than simply watching from the crowd. Warrington Pride brings LGBTQ+ visibility, community organisations, entertainment and town-centre activity together in a prominent public space. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Warrington Pride, LGBTQ+ culture, equality, inclusion, dancing, live entertainment, community festivals, performers, audience participation, rainbow events, family activities, public celebrations, summer festivals and town-centre regeneration. The close relationship between stage and crowd gives the image energy and a strong sense of shared participation.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,West Yorkshire,England,UK,poster,events,culture,film,arts,promotion,entertainment,local,history,tourism,publicity,printed,advertising,archive,Radha Raman Dutta,Dhamail,Sylheti culture,South,folk,community,Bengali,dance,Baul,Vaishnav,multicultural,diaspora,sunamganj,sylhet,sylheti,traditional
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD93Y - A colourful poster in Leeds advertises the RadhaRaman Folk Festival, a community arts event created to celebrate Bengali folk music, dance and the cultural legacy of the Sylheti poet and composer Radha Raman Dutta. The festival developed in Leeds in the early 2010s and by 2015 was marking its fifth edition, establishing it as an important recurring showcase for Bengali and wider South Asian heritage in West Yorkshire. Programmes have combined performances, discussion, poetry, workshops and informal late-night music, often using community venues in Chapeltown, Harehills and other parts of Leeds as well as outdoor locations around Yorkshire. The event takes its name from Radha Raman Dutta, the nineteenth-century poet and musician from the Sylhet region, now Bangladesh, whose devotional and folk compositions remain influential across Bengali culture. He is especially associated with Dhamail, a traditional form of song and circular dance performed particularly by women at weddings and other celebrations, and is widely described as the father of the Dhamail tradition. His work drew strongly on Vaishnav devotional themes around Radha and Krishna while also sitting within the broader musical world of Bengal. The Leeds festival has used this heritage as a starting point rather than a boundary, presenting Bengali, Baul, Vaishnav and other folk traditions alongside artists from different cultural backgrounds. Its free or community-focused format has helped connect British Bangladeshi and Sylheti audiences with younger generations and wider local communities, while preserving music and dance that might otherwise be weakened by migration, changing lifestyles and commercial popular culture. The poster therefore documents more than an entertainment event: it reflects the long-established South Asian presence in Leeds, diaspora identity, cultural transmission and the use of festivals to keep traditional performance alive in a modern British city.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,MIF25,dance,music,poster,Juliet Ellis,festival,contemporary,performance,display,outdoor,advertising,Shudehill,Shudehill tram stop,Manchester,city,centre,Northern Quarter,NQ4,cultural,public,events,urban,marketing,UK,visitor,economy,creative,industries,scene,Dream Differently,international,artists,biennial,regeneration,tourism,funding,promotion
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E3P7N6 - Manchester International Festival 2025 stock-photo/gotonysmith-Posters.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>posters are displayed beside a graffiti-covered fence near Shudehill tram stop in Manchester city centre, advertising contemporary art, theatre, performance and cultural events. The visible MIF25 posters promote Juliet Ellis's A Symphony of Flesh and Bones at Aviva Studios, Liberation, Germaine Kruip's A Possibility and An Inheritance, with the distinctive Manchester International Festival branding repeated across the outdoor advertising panels. Factory International says MIF25 ran from 3 to 20 July 2025, taking over Aviva Studios and spreading across the city with artists and audiences from around the world, under the festival theme Dream Differently. The image is commercially useful for stories about Manchester arts and culture, festival marketing, outdoor posters, public art, theatre promotion, contemporary performance, city-centre advertising and the role of major festivals in shaping urban identity. The Shudehill location adds strong Manchester context, linking the festival's cultural programme with public transport, the Northern Quarter, tram passengers, commuters, visitors and everyday city movement. The rough brick wall, metal poster frames, graffiti, chain-link fence and changing urban backdrop contrast with the polished MIF branding, creating a useful visual of how cultural messages appear in real streets rather than only inside galleries or theatres. It can illustrate creative industries, cultural regeneration, visitor economy, public realm, arts funding, event tourism, poster design, city branding and the continuing role of printed advertising in a digital age. As a documentary stock image, it records MIF25 at street level, where international art, local audiences, transport infrastructure and Manchester's gritty visual culture meet in one public-facing display.
Manchester International Festival 2025 posters near Shudehill tram stop, advertising contemporary ar
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0233,O2 Ritz Manchester,illuminated,exterior,Whitworth Street West,Manchester,England,UK,blue-lit,facade,sign,live,music,venue,concerts,nightlife,entertainment,listed,building,culture,gigs,tourism,evening,urban,dance,hall,historic,dusk,night,economy,gig,listings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EY3CNW - . O2 Ritz Manchester illuminated exterior at dusk on Whitworth Street West, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 8 December 2023. The recorded location is O2 Ritz Manchester, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5NQ, England, UK. The blue-lit facade and projecting O2 Ritz sign mark one of the city's best-known live music venues. The building began life as a dance hall in the 1920s and is now a Grade II listed entertainment venue associated with generations of concerts, club nights and Manchester music culture. Dramatic evening lighting gives the entrance a strong urban nightlife character. In relation to music history, historical context shows that concert culture changed with amplification, arena touring, festivals and digital promotion, yet the basic relationship between performer, venue and audience remains central
Older gig photographs can gain significance as bands, buildings and local scenes evolution. For the story of consumer leisure, it is useful to note that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. The historical setting for street furniture is that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. As of 2026, the position for music history is that live music remains culturally important but venues face pressure from operating costs, redevelopment and evolving audience habits
England's dedicated 15% business-rates relief for eligible live-music venues during 2026/27 reflects concern about their economic sustainability. For present-day consumer leisure, 2026 is significant because entertainment businesses also contribute to evening footfall and mixed-use regeneration, particularly where former shops are.
O2 Ritz Manchester, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5NQ, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R1J - Thelwall Morris Men were formed in October 1973, the nucleus of the side being a group of regulars from the Thelwall Folk Club at the Pickering Arms, which was run by Maggie and Rod Goodall.
All of these men were absolute beginners. Some had seen morris dancing at Keele University Folk Festival earlier in the year and fancied trying it. The only trouble was how to get started?
The answer proved to be a small ad in Folk Review magazine, asking for someone to come and teach the dance. Around this time, Chris Maple, who became the side's first squire and foreman had arrived in the North West to take up a job in Liverpool. Chris proved well equal to the task of getting his raw recruits off on the right foot (or in our case, the left).
The side's first musician was Fred Horrobin (Maggie's dad) who busked on accordion for a couple of weeks until someone unearthed the exceptionally talented Steve Burgess from downtown Stockton Heath. Under Chris's tuition, the side learned an assortment of Cotswold dances, mainly Bampton and Adderbury to begin with. The first public performance took place, without baldricks and badges, at the Pickering Arms in August 1974 before a sceptical audience of wives and girlfriends and members of the folk club.
By 1975 the side had acquired it's kit. Black breeches and shoes, white shirt and socks, with baldricks of pale blue and claret surmounted by a distinctive badge representing the wall of Thells or stakes from which Thelwall, England's smallest city, derived its name in Anglo-Saxon times.
The side's first invitation to a day of dance was from Southport Swords in May 1975, and the inexperienced side made a favourable impression. The following year they attended their first Ring Meeting at Thaxted and have attended a Ring Meeting almost every year since then.
In 1977, the side visited Ireland for the Cobh festival, quickly followed, in 1979, by an invitation to Mallow, Ireland
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,dance,clap,clapping,on,the,WN1,Station Road,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 0SD,all,nighter,all-nighter,illuminated,Northern,Soul,and,other,electrical,equipment,Players,machine,rig,light,lights,lighting,last,anniversary,gig,gambling,gamble,Makerfield by-election,Makerfield byelection,Andy Burnham,Makerfield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPB7 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,the,crowd,entertainment,busy,dance,dancing,style,Ukraine flag,coloured,Royal Albert Dock,Liverpool,Eurovision2023,Eurovision,2023,street,art,fun,L3 4AF,Pierhead,Pier Head,machine,contraption,stunt,marine,submersible,dancer,colours of,colors,of,Ukraine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1PY8X - . Beatles style yellow and blue , Ukraine flag coloured submarine DJ and dancer, Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK,L3 4AF. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, crowd, entertainment, busy, dance, dancing, style, Ukraine flag, coloured, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Eurovision2023, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. 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.
Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Greater Manchester,England,UK,history,historic,heritage,Wigan Arts Festival,film,comedy,poetry,dance,workshop,door,building,the,old,court,buildings,courts,Gerrard Winstanley House,Crawford St,Wigan,WN1 1NA,WN1,WN11NA,Crawford Street,not,for,profits,profit,project,projects
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9X3J - Taken on 27 Jan 2023, this photograph shows Yellow door at Wigan Arts Festival - WiganArts at the old court building. The location is Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Wigan, town, centre, art, arts, WiganArts, music, theatre, workshops, yellow, Lancs, Lancashire, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,291 Mare Street,England,UK,E8 1EJ,E8,291,the,120,years,diverse,entertainment,London Borough of Hackney,Frank Matcham,grade II* listed,building,architecture,theatre,opera,comedy,dance,music,hackney Central,central,Mare Street,shows,Mare St,famous,historic,history,120 years,year,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87G - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,291 Mare Street,England,UK,E8 1EJ,E8,291,the,120,years,entertainment,grade II* listed,building,architecture,theatre,opera,comedy,dance,music,hackney Central,central,120 years,year,of,history,historic,show,shows,front,entrance,Mare Street,Mare St,famous,Frank Matcham,London Borough of Hackney
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87M - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,291 Mare Street,England,UK,E8 1EJ,E8,291,the,120,years,entertainment,grade II* listed,building,architecture,theatre,opera,comedy,dance,music,hackney Central,central,120 years,year,of,history,historic,show,shows,front,entrance,Mare Street,Mare St,famous
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87W - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,festival,drugs,abuse,closed,no access,music,Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,road,blocked,off,problem,illegal,parking,camping,tow,away,zone,festivals,disruption,closures,Warringtonians,dance,DJ,gig,ticket,tickets,touts,profiting,buried,police,policing,dealing,dealers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3PF - . 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 defining feature is Closed, No access to creamfields sign, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The broader subject matter reaches into passenger information, local bus network, changing land use, roadside transit, bus infrastructure, period detail, cultural branding, local music culture, bus route infrastructure, Beatles memorabilia, public realm, music tourism, local character, and surface public transport. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, reliability and the continuing question of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. From a 2025-onward perspective, music tourism and cultural heritage are closely linked to this subject, alongside how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. A second descriptive layer includes place identity, historical comparison, contemporary social history, visual archive, music-themed hospitality, cultural nostalgia, passenger transport, and social history. Details involving creamfields, Closed, Daresbury, and access make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. 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 accessibility and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The view records a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,US,USA,Lancashire,England,UK,zero,limit,on,lap,dancing,clubs,bartop,dance,erotic,closed,pub,bar,sex,work,worker,leisure,activity,table dancers,seedy,low,class,low-class,pervy,entertainment,night life,nightlife,adult entertainment,adults,only,sexy,show
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBKE - A table dance, or bartop dance, is a dance performed at (or on) a table or bar, as opposed to on a stage. It may be an erotic dance performed by a sex worker or it may be done as a leisure activity.
Sex work
In some jurisdictions, a table dance may be an alternative to a lap dance, due to laws preventing exotic dancers from making contact with customers. For example, in Waterloo, Ontario, a table dance is performed on a small portable platform the dancer takes around to patrons' tables. The Windmill Theatre in Soho, London operated as a strip club from the 1990s until 2018. The club's licensing conditions included a no touching rule and the club had a licence for striptease, pole-dancing and table dancing.
Establishments
Bartop dancing is encouraged at Coyote Ugly's chain of bars
Similar is the bartop dance, performed for the entertainment of those seated at the bar. The film Coyote Ugly ushered in a fad of bartop dancing establishments. Set in New York City's bar of the same name, several establishments around the city (e.g. Coyote Ugly, Hogs and Heifers, Red Rock West Saloon, Doc Holliday's Saloon) actively encouraged women to jump on the bar and dance, contributing to an Anything Goes atmosphere. Hogs and Heifers encourages dancers to leave their brassiere hanging from the ceiling to commemorate their dance. However, table dancing is forbidden at many events and establishments
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,welcome,to,the,hit,weekend,&,open,until,Til,Late,in,Soho,London,England,UK,lit,lighted,dusk,evening,bars,club,clubs,dancing,dance,pubs,2am,late bar,late drinks,drinking,neon,red,green,bright,gin,palace
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJPKRW - . Recorded at SOHO, 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 principal subject is Welcome to the weekend, Fri & Sat, open Til Late, neon sign, in Soho, London, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes inclusive night-time venue, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, queer London, gay hospitality, contemporary social history, Pride culture, place identity, gay bar culture, queer social space, orientation signage, public realm, everyday life, and operational signage. The wider contemporary story combines LGBTQ heritage, gentrification and how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with clear communication, public safety and how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around SOHO, London, England, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes Soho nightlife, community safe space, instructional sign, public-facing notice, nightlife heritage, directional marker, regional identity, and local information board. The combination of weekend and Welcome anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For SOHO, 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. The setting also helps illustrate LGBTQ heritage and how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife when considered against later change at SOHO, London, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for clear communication and how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence without losing the local specificity of SOHO, London, England, UK.
SOHO, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,PA15 1TF,bar,pub,Inverkip St,nightlife,bars,club,clubs,old,history,historic,gig,band,bands,dance,dances,entertainment,night club,BY Sport,BT,Sport,dilapidated,shuttered,shutters,closed,rundown,run down,in,disrepair,the,pub bar,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE371 - . This documentary view of 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The principal point of reference is The Victorian Suite , Chaplins Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland,UK, PA15 1TF. Further facets of the subject include music heritage, beer tourism, real-ale culture, everyday life, nightlife culture, community identity, concert photography, hand-pulled beer, place identity, venue culture, beer judging, brewing heritage, cask-beer tradition, and period detail. The present-day relevance extends to beer duty and independent brewing, while a wider concern is the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes grassroots venues alongside venue closures, with particular attention to the way music contributes to a city's identity. As a documentary source, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings at 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF. The setting also brings in historic context, community drinking venue, drinks hospitality, documentary photography, licensed hospitality, changing land use, historical comparison, and licensed trade. References to Scotland, Victorian, Inverclyde, Greenock, and Suite help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to beer duty and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits within the specific setting of 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF.
30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sign,red,neon sign,G1,Pizzeria,Cocktail Bar,Miller St,City Centre,Glasgow,Scotland,G1 1DT,SoHo,pub,Bar,Soho,City,Centre,night,evening,bar,bars,pubs,entertainment,entertainments,night time economy,drinks,drinking,dance,dancing,pizza,pizzeria,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ22 - . This documentary view of 84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The photograph records SoHo Bar, Soho Pizzeria & Cocktail Bar, red neon sign, 84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT. A broader reading of the scene brings in contemporary social history, changing land use, local character, everyday life, real-ale culture, visual regulation, festival bar service, place identity, public-facing notice, independent brewing, changing streetscape, archival record, visual archive, and rule enforcement. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with beer duty, hospitality costs and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. In the mid-2020s, customer management and access rules keep the subject current, particularly through how public spaces communicate rules quickly and visibly. For retrospective editorial use, the image retains evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life in the immediate surroundings of 84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT. A second layer of the scene includes instructional sign, beer tourism, regional identity, before-and-after reference, licensed hospitality, beer appreciation, period detail, and behavioural signage. Details involving Scotland, Centre, Glasgow, Pizzeria, and Cocktail give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at 84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is beer duty and the survival of community pubs as part of the longer story of 84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT.
84 Miller St, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DT
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,shop,store,shoe,shutter,derelict,rundown,door,doorway,paint,decoration,shuttered,old,terrace,terraced,16,Great Denmark Street,closed,city,centre,urban,retail,now in 54 Dorset Street Lower,Irish,dance,footwear,workshop,Eamon,Fays shoes,Dan Fay,Fay,history,historic,Handmade Irish Dance Footwear
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JBX - Fays Shoes, Handmade Irish Dance Footwear, have always believed in creating only the highest quality Irish dancing rootwear and are the worldwide leaders in the manufacture of high quality Irish dancing shoes. That was recognized in 1995 when we were chosen to be the original and official shoemakers of dancing shoes for Riverdance. Read more about our Riverdance story.
The following newspaper article is taken direct from The Sunday Press, February 12, 1995 - https://www.fays-shoes.com/riverdance/
Eamon and Dan tap into the wonder of Riverdance by Tomas Conlon
DAN Fay and his son Eamon are shoemakers to the stars. In a quiet workshop off Dublin's Parnell Square they have crouched for weeks over their lasts, making the dancing shoes that have clattered in spectacular rhythm at the Riverdance show which premiered Thursday night. Sixty-four-year-old Dan has been making shoes for nearly 50 years but his trade - like Irish dancing itself - came in from the margins at last year's Eurovision when Jean Butler and Michael Flatley tapped their way into the nation's heart.
Ms Butler was wearing their handmade shoes that night, as were most of the backing dancers, and both Jean and Michael will be wearing them for the duration of the Riverdance Show. In addition, they have measured and fitted the Russian Cossack dancers with their shoes, along with the guest tap dancers from America and a host of the supporting performers. The Russians have also had their cossack dancing boots mended in the Fay workshop
Dan and Eamon will also be present backstage each night of the Riverdance show to carry out running repairs on broken straps, loose heels and any other emergencies that might occur. Ms Butler's shoes in fact were rushed by courier to their workshop last Thursday for a repair job just hours before the curtain went up on the show.
The shoes are made entirely from leather with a fiberglass tip at the toe and heel which produces that tap effect.
16 Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,shop,store,shoe,shutter,derelict,rundown,door,doorway,paint,decoration,shuttered,old,terrace,terraced,16,Great Denmark Street,closed,city,centre,urban,retail,now in 54 Dorset Street Lower,Irish,dance,footwear,workshop,Eamon,Fays shoes,Dan Fay,Fay,history,historic,Handmade Irish Dance Footwear
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JC3 - Fays Shoes, Handmade Irish Dance Footwear, have always believed in creating only the highest quality Irish dancing rootwear and are the worldwide leaders in the manufacture of high quality Irish dancing shoes. That was recognized in 1995 when we were chosen to be the original and official shoemakers of dancing shoes for Riverdance. Read more about our Riverdance story.
The following newspaper article is taken direct from The Sunday Press, February 12, 1995 - https://www.fays-shoes.com/riverdance/
Eamon and Dan tap into the wonder of Riverdance by Tomas Conlon
DAN Fay and his son Eamon are shoemakers to the stars. In a quiet workshop off Dublin's Parnell Square they have crouched for weeks over their lasts, making the dancing shoes that have clattered in spectacular rhythm at the Riverdance show which premiered Thursday night. Sixty-four-year-old Dan has been making shoes for nearly 50 years but his trade - like Irish dancing itself - came in from the margins at last year's Eurovision when Jean Butler and Michael Flatley tapped their way into the nation's heart.
Ms Butler was wearing their handmade shoes that night, as were most of the backing dancers, and both Jean and Michael will be wearing them for the duration of the Riverdance Show. In addition, they have measured and fitted the Russian Cossack dancers with their shoes, along with the guest tap dancers from America and a host of the supporting performers. The Russians have also had their cossack dancing boots mended in the Fay workshop
Dan and Eamon will also be present backstage each night of the Riverdance show to carry out running repairs on broken straps, loose heels and any other emergencies that might occur. Ms Butler's shoes in fact were rushed by courier to their workshop last Thursday for a repair job just hours before the curtain went up on the show.
The shoes are made entirely from leather with a fiberglass tip at the toe and heel which produces that tap effect.
16 Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4466164803 - 'Great to see Bolin Morris at a very rainy Lymm Dickensian Winter Weekend.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HKHW53 - . An identifiable period record of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 in 2017, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Art on a gable-end wall in Glasgow city centre, depicting two puppets dancing to music, Scotland, UK, G1. The locality and subject together evoke community art, period detail, street creativity, visual archive, contemporary social history, public-realm art, changing streetscape, urban artwork, temporary artwork, changing land use, graffiti heritage, place identity, documentary photography, and visual street culture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of graffiti policy, creative districts and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. As a dated visual record of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include archival record, street-level design, community identity, local character, local history, urban graphics, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. References to depicting, music, centre, gable-end, and Glasgow give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes graffiti policy and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art as part of the longer story of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1. Another strand within the photograph is public art and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture when considered against later change at Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D8NWYH - . A grounded editorial photograph of State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR, capturing details that may acquire greater historical value as the location and its use change. At the heart of the image is State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR - Home of the State Ballroom in 1980s. A wider reading of the photograph includes local history, community identity, historic streetscape, everyday Britain, archival record, before-and-after reference, urban change, heritage landmark, changing streetscape, historical comparison, historic townscape, conservation interest, public realm, and local character. Today's wider story includes embodied carbon, adaptive reuse and the practical question of using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a dated visual record of State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR, the frame retains transport arrangements and public activity, making it useful if later redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The wider local story also touches on place identity, period detail, visual archive, contemporary history, documentary photography, built heritage, urban fabric, and period building. The combination of Liverpool, 1980s, State, House, and Merseyside helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. The period setting at State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for embodied carbon and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development in a form that can be compared with future views of State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR and the changing story of the subject shown.
State House, 22 Dale street,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 4TR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMP4 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. From a heritage perspective, industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. As background, popular-music history is often preserved through ephemeral material: concert tickets, venue signage, record-company offices, flyers and amateur recordings
Such objects can connect a specific date and place with wider movements in rock, punk, post-punk and independent music. The wider historical story is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. As of 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0C - . Blair St Sauna, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Photographed at 30 Blair St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with 30 Blair St Sauna Edinburgh, Scotland UK, Blair Street, Edinburgh, massage, parlor, parlors, parlour, legalised and outside, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ED4M0C, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
30 Blair St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0D0 - Symphony Hall is a 2,262 seat concert venue in Birmingham, England. It was officially opened by the Queen on 12 June 1991, although it had been in use since 15 April 1991. It is home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and hosts around 270 events a year. It was completed at a cost of £30 million. The hall's interior is modelled on the Musikverein in Vienna and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The venue, managed alongside Town Hall, presents a programme of jazz, world, folk, rock, pop and classical concerts, organ recitals, spoken word, dance, comedy, educational and community performances, and is also used for conferences and business events as part of the International Convention Centre.
In 2016 the Concert Hall Acoustics expert Leo Beranek ranked Symphony Hall as having the finest acoustics in the United Kingdom, and the seventh best in the world. Proof of these fine acoustics is that a pre-opening acoustic test demonstrated that if a pin was dropped on stage, the sound could be heard from anywhere in the hall
Symphony Hall was designed by Percy Thomas Partnership and Renton Howard Wood Levin, (who together formed the Convention Centre Partnership for the ICC) with specialist help from Russell Johnson, founder of acoustic consultants Artec. A particularly innovative feature is the hall's acoustic flexibility. It has a reverberation chamber behind the stage and extending high along the sides, adding 50% to the hall's volume, the doors to which can be remotely opened or closed. The U-shaped reverberation chamber area has a volume of 12,700 cubic metres (450,000 cu ft). There is an acoustic canopy which can be raised or lowered above the stage. Dampening panels can be extended or retracted to ensure that the sound of the space is perfectly matched to the scale and style of the music to be performed. There are also reverse fan walls at the rear of the hall which provide further reflections of sound
Broad St, Birmingham, England, UK, B1 2EA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH87X - Diwali is celebrated over five days. The second day of Diwali is called Narak Chaturdasi. On this day Lord Krishna riding Garuda (giant eagle) destroyed the demon Narakasur, who had plundered the three worlds kidnapping and imprisoning many young women, and freed the prisoners, Lord Krishna thus made the world free from fear.
Traditional Indian dancer performing a short traditional thematic Kathakali dance on a wedding from the epics.
Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MWD - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4GH1 - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4GPR - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4GT5 - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4R0M - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4R4E - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4R55 - Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it refers to these musical traditions and more modern musical styles which have themselves been deeply influenced by and become blurred with the development of flamenco over the past two centuries. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
The oldest record of flamenco dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain
however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian.
Although the Diccionario de la lengua española associates it especially with the Gypsy ethnicity, is more than perceptible the fusion of the different cultures that coincided in the Andalusia of the time. Of all the hypotheses about its origin, the most widespread thesis is that which exposes the Morisco origin, only that the cultural miscegenation that occurred then in Andalusia: Natives, Muslims, Gypsies, Castilians and Jews
propitiated its creation. In fact, it already existed in the region of Andalusia its germ long before the Gypsies arrived, also taking into account that there were gypsies in other regions of Spain and Europe, flamenco was only cultivated by those who were in Andalusia.
Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In Japan, there are more flamenco academies than there are in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the,man,who,arranged,for,Jesuss,burial,after,the,Crucifixion,plaque,inscription,St,Cross,Church,sign,blue,strange,ritual,rituals,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MWT - Description of the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MY5 - Description of the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,history,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the,man,who,arranged,for,Jesuss,burial,after,the,Crucifixion,plaque,inscription,St,Cross,Church,sign,blue,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MYX - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,history,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the man who arranged for Jesuss burial after the Crucifixion.,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96N0N - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,history,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the man who arranged for Jesuss burial after the Crucifixion.,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96N1A - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,history,tradition,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the man who arranged for Jesuss burial after the Crucifixion.,Warringtonian,traditions,traditional,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96N1P - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,gouranga,harekrishna,hare,krishna,dance,religion,edinburgh,highst,scotland,fringe,festival,tattoo,naked,robes,b/w,black,white
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8026202686 - 'View a whole set of Fringe 2012 madness from Edinburgh Scotland here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Losing your religion? August, always a mad busy crazy time in Edinburgh, during the festival and fringe, which seems to have grown even bigger than the tattoo and festival.
With all those actors and buskers everywhere, nobody minds the Hare Krishna's snaking through. They fitted in rather well!
Sri Sri Khoda-Nitai Mayapura-sasha
ISKCON Scotland is based in Karuna Bhavan, Lesmahagow, which is between and slightly south of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The devotees preach throughout Scotland and Northern England, distributing books and running Namma Hatta programs and occasional festivals.
The scottish devotees are famous for their \u2018GOURANGA!\u2019 campaign.
Gouranga (the Golden one) is a name of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, an incarnation of Sri Krishna who preached the glories of the holy name (Hare Krishna) throughout India 500 years ago. The sound of \u2018Gouranga\u2019 is extremely potent spiritually, just like the Hare Krishna mantra, and whoever hears or chants this name becomes liberated.
Apart from the books of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON Scotland can also supply various \u2018Gouranga!\u2019 branded merchandise such as mugs, toys and CDs.
Note: \u2018Gouranga\u2019 is the Scottish spelling of \u2018Gauranga\u2019.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, with the 2012 event spanning 25 days totalling over 2,695 shows from 47 countries in 279 venues. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August. The Fringe is a showcase for the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy (which has seen substantial growth in recent years), although dance and music are also represented. In 2012, 36% of shows were comedy and 28% theatrical productions. Theatrical productions range from the classics of ancient Greece to William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett and contemporary works. In 2012, 1,418 shows were having their world premiere.
The Fringe is an unjuried festival \u2013 with no selection committee, and therefore any type of performance may participate. The Fringe has often showcased experimental works that might not be invited to a more conservative arts festival. In addition to ticketed, programmed events, the Festival has included a street fair, located primarily on the Royal Mile. The Festival is organized by the Festival Fringe Society, which publishes the programme, sells tickets, and offers advice to performers. Their offices are on the Royal Mile.
File under: street fringe fring2012 fringe2012 comedy show 2012fringe shows actors performers entertainers in Edinburgh dance free artists grainy gritty mono pictures man with severed head holding it .
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5032496683 - 'Keep On Keeping On - 'Nolan NF Porter' - Play this track here.
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This is one of my favourite tracks, although I must admit I have only recently started to appreciate the Northern Soul tracks of my local 70's 'terroir'. I have liked this one for decades. as it was one that Joy Division were asked to record by RCA back in 1978. The central riff they appropriated for some later compositions, notably Interzone.
This is a great uplifting track about not letting life get you down. A great track when you are low.
Nolan Porter or NF Porter has been covered quite a lot and many 70's soul compilations contain his 7' cuts. However, there is little info about him seeming to be found on the web. If you know more, please leave a comment.
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The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, Lancashire, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it was known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and the Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England.
This England, a TV documentary about the venue, was filmed in 1977 during a famous 'All Nighter'. Dancers were fuelled by Lucozade and speed. In 1978, the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino 'The Best Disco in the World', ahead of New York City's Studio 54.
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Keywords: ComsatAngels,Comsat,Angels,Sheffield,2009,26-04-2009,O2,academy,reunion,gig,after,rain,raindance,dance,steeltown,steel,town,city,yorkshire,music,band,bands,venue,comsats,thecomsats,steve,stephen,fellows,stephenfellows,2009-04-26,04262009,20092604,musician,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,concert,gigs,musicians,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3480530159 - 'The Comsat Angels, Re-Union gig after 14 years, 26th April 2009 (26-04-2009). O2 Academy, Sheffield.
A short autumn tour of Glasgow, Manchester www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4051548558/ and London followed.
Certainly 2009 was a year for 1980's icons, see Magazine shots here from Manchester Academy www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3355914373/
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFER1P - Vintage dance and concert poster from Abergavenny Town Hall Ballroom in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, advertising a run of events in May and June 1963. The brightly coloured printed bill uses bold red lettering on a yellow ground with green decorative border detail and promotes the venue as The Ballroom of the Stars . Presented by Eddie Tattersall, the poster lists several dates and performers, including the 8th May A Girl of the Month Dance featuring Vince White and the Hunters from Newport, the 15th June Music for Dancing and Romancing with The Hurricanes from Newport, the 22nd June appearance by The Beatles with The Fabulous Fortunes, and the 29th June event Keep Alive with Rock, Twist and Jive featuring Ricky Ford and the Crossfires.
The design is a strong example of early 1960s provincial music promotion, when town halls and ballrooms across Britain and Wales played an important role in live entertainment, youth culture and social dancing. Its mixture of large headline typography, admission details, late transport information and multiple artist bills reflects the practical style of the period, when posters had to grab attention quickly from passing audiences. The central Beatles billing is especially notable, placing the poster within the rapid rise of the group during 1963, while still showing them in the context of a mixed live dance programme rather than a later arena-scale event.
The image has clear value for editorial and historical use covering British pop history, Welsh cultural heritage, live music venues, dance-hall culture, concert memorabilia and printed ephemera. It documents not only an appearance by The Beatles in Abergavenny but also the wider entertainment scene of the time, when local promoters, support acts and regional audiences were central to the spread of beat music and popular dance culture in the UK. The poster survives as an evocative paper artefact of a specific place, date and social atmosphere.
Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, South Wales, Wales, UK, NP7 5HD
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Keywords: Trafford,Centre,interior,Dumplington,Trafford,Park,Lancashire,England,UK,gotonysmith,inside,interior,ocean,liner,food,court,foodcourt,afternoon,dance,tuesday,tuesdays,tea,with,Greg,Francis,band,The,Orient,shop,store,mall,john,lewis,selfridges,Debenhams,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NKG - . Tuesday afternoon tea dance at the food court, Trafford Centre, Dumplington, Trafford Park, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. Photographed on 9 June 2009. Generally with Greg Francis and his band in 'The Orient'. From a heritage perspective, mass tourism and commercial leisure expanded rapidly during the second half of the twentieth century, creating resort pools, entertainment complexes and indoor attractions designed around scheduled recreation and shared public facilities. From a heritage perspective, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. In historical terms, food images can document changing tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. As of 2026, leisure businesses continue to compete with home entertainment while also benefiting from demand for social experiences, exercise and tourism
Resort etiquette, access rules and the management of shared facilities remain familiar parts of the holiday experience. As of 2026, town-centre resilience remains a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs valuable for comparison. Against the 2026 backdrop, leisure businesses continue to compete with home entertainment while also benefiting from demand for social experiences, exercise and tourism
Resort etiquette, access rules and the management of shared facilities remain familiar parts of the holiday experience.
Trafford Centre, Dumplington, Trafford Park, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: Tony,Wilson,offices,sign,city,centre,FAC,FACT,famous,logo,Manchester M1 7EN,England,UK,red,black,steel,metal,entrance,design,innovation,music,artists,Joy,Division,11 Princess Street,11 Princess St,Toy Wilson,Tony Wilson,FACT 251,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,United,Kingdom,GB,English,British,interesting,unique,indie,label,vinyl,CD,classical,01612727251,table,FactoryManchester.com,club,venue,HQ,Peter,Hook,Ben,Kelly,communications,112-118,princess,st,Street,Tokyo,industries,paradise,dance,floor,dancefloors,new,order,Joy,Division,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,United Kingdom,Great Britain,great pictures of,great photos of,Factory Classical,Factory HQ,Peter Hook,Ben Kelly,Factory Communications Ltd,Tokyo Industries,Paradise Factory,New Order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMT0 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. Designed by Ben Kelly. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. The wider historical story is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. Looking at the subject's development, popular-music history is often preserved through ephemeral material: concert tickets, venue signage, record-company offices, flyers and amateur recordings
Such objects can connect a specific date and place with wider movements in rock, punk, post-punk and independent music. In the present 2026 context, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed as housing, offices, cultural attractions and heritage venues
That makes historical machinery and surviving industrial fabric relevant both to the story of deindustrialisation and to current regeneration of northern English and Midlands towns. Further subject-specific language includes industrial heritage, engineering history, historic machinery, mill, and labour history.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Keywords: Tony,Wilson,offices,sign,city,centre,FAC,FACT,famous,logo,Manchester M1 7EN,England,UK,red,black,steel,metal,entrance,design,innovation,music,artists,Joy,Division,Tony Wilson,Anthony H Wilson,Anthony Howard Wilson,11 Princess St,Toy Wilson,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,United,Kingdom,GB,English,British,interesting,unique,indie,label,vinyl,CD,classical,01612727251,table,FactoryManchester.com,club,venue,HQ,Peter,Hook,Ben,Kelly,communications,112-118,princess,st,Street,Tokyo,industries,paradise,dance,floor,dancefloors,new,order,Joy,Division,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,United Kingdom,Great Britain,great pictures of,great photos of,Factory Classical,Factory HQ,Peter Hook,Ben Kelly,Factory Communications Ltd,Tokyo Industries,Paradise Factory,New Order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMRG - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. Historically, factories, mills, engines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered Britain's industrial expansion
Their machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions, regional industries and the later shift from heavy industry to heritage, housing or new commercial uses. The historical context is that music scenes are shaped by both performers and infrastructure, including rehearsal rooms, record labels, promoters, venues and audiences
Photographs of these details help document local cultural ecosystems that can be lost quickly through redevelopment or changing entertainment habits. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. In 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scottish,down,to,the,dancing,neon,pub,bar,club,pub sign,bar sign,club sign,Scots poetry,Scots,poetry,red,white,yellow,traditional,dirty,Get Down,Alba,dance,here,arrow,come,stair,stairs,below,underground,subterranean,cellar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHXN - . This location-based editorial photograph from Glasgow,Scotland,UK in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The defining feature is Doon Tae The Dancing neon sign - Down To The Dancing - pub,bar,club sign - Scots poetry. Other connected aspects include brewing heritage, licensed hospitality, visual regulation, compliance notice, documentary photography, social history, hand-pulled beer, community identity, beer festival scene, visual archive, public-facing notice, drinks hospitality, period detail, and independent brewing. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes consumer spending alongside pub closures, with particular attention to the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with liability, customer management and the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. As the area changes, the photograph anchors evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life at the recorded site in Glasgow,Scotland,UK. The surrounding context also covers beer tourism, real-ale culture, everyday life, instructional sign, behavioural signage, cask-beer tradition, public information notice, and before-and-after reference. The combination of Scots, poetry, and Dancing anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Glasgow,Scotland,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects consumer spending and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow,Scotland,UK. Its period value extends to access rules and the role of signs in shaping behaviour without staff intervention within the real-world context of Glasgow,Scotland,UK. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
Glasgow,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMR5 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. In historical terms, industrial heritage links machinery and architecture with the lives of workers who operated mines, mills, potbanks, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved, making photographs an important record of manufacturing landscapes and engineering culture. In the longer view, live music leaves a material trail through venues, tickets, posters, recording equipment and the buildings associated with bands and labels
These apparently everyday objects become cultural-history evidence as scenes, technologies and venues change or disappear. During 2026, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed as housing, offices, cultural attractions and heritage venues
That makes historic machinery and surviving industrial fabric relevant both to the story of deindustrialisation and to current regeneration of northern English and Midlands towns. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that the economics of live music remain under scrutiny as independent venues face costs while audiences increasingly discover and consume music digitally
Historic tickets, venue exteriors and recording.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2TE - The Parr Hall is the only surviving professional concert hall venue in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building
The Parr Hall and Pyramid Arts Centre are located in the Cultural quarter of Warrington town centre, in Palmyra Square.
Parr Hall was designed by the local architect William Owen in 1895.
Originally it was built for the people of Warrington by Joseph Parr. Warrington Musical Society gave the first concert.
The hall has hosted concerts and organ recitals from leading orchestras and cathedral organists over the years.
The Rolling Stones performed at the venue on 25 November 1963, The Moody Blues on 1 March 1965 and The Who on 22 March and 11 October 1965 and on 14 June 1965 The Yardbirds. The band James - having sold out concerts at much larger venues - played the Parr Hall on 20 December 1991 to record a promotional video. Other notable artist such as Feeder, The Courteeners, Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys, and Shane Filan of Westlife have played at the venue, and Jools Holland is a regular performer.
Parr Hall Palmyra Square South Warrington,Cheshire,England, WA1 1BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MWA - Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MX8 - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
