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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1412,Harvey Nichols,foodMarket,Frasers Group,Mike Ashley,retail,luxury,department,store,shopping,fashion,food,bag,branding,logo,business,restructuring,takeover,investment,Sports Direct,highstreet,consumer,economy,UK,British,August,2026,commerce,retailer,ownership,strategy,market,rescue,administration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP8H8 - . Harvey Nichols foodMarket branded carrier bag photographed in August 2026, providing a simple editorial image for coverage of the luxury department-store business during a period of significant restructuring news involving Frasers Group and businessman Mike Ashley. The restrained black-and-white foodMarket label is printed on a textured shopping bag, placing the focus on the retailer's name rather than a particular store interior. Harvey Nichols is one of Britain's best-known luxury retail brands, associated with designer fashion, beauty, hospitality and premium food, and changes to its ownership, financing or strategy are therefore closely watched as indicators of conditions in the high-end retail sector. The image can illustrate stories about department stores, luxury shopping, retail restructuring, investor interest, Mike Ashley, Frasers Group, Sports Direct ownership connections, changing consumer spending and the pressures facing bricks-and-mortar retail. It is also relevant to discussion of how established premium brands adapt their store portfolios, food operations and commercial identity as shoppers divide spending between physical stores and online channels. The neutral product-style composition makes the branding legible without showing identifiable customers.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington,closing down sale UK,closing down sale England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BFXR - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. 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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington,closing down sale UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1P - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. 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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington,closing down sale UK,closing down sale England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1Y - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. 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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9299,Empire Palace,Harvey Nichols,Victoria Quarter,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England,UK,entrance,shopping,retail,luxury,department,store,historic,arcade,fashion,tourism,heritage,architecture,city-centre,consumer,spending,commercial,stonework,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNXMY - Empire Palace and Harvey Nichols entrance in the Victoria Quarter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The ornate historic shopping arcade frontage combines carved stonework, arched windows and decorative architecture with the luxury department store's branding and fashion displays. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Leeds retail, Harvey Nichols, Victoria Quarter, luxury shopping, department stores, historic arcades, fashion, city-centre tourism, heritage architecture and high-end retail. The Empire Palace section of the arcade provides an elaborate architectural setting for contemporary retail, illustrating how nineteenth-century commercial buildings continue to be adapted for modern shopping. The image can support stories about luxury retail, city-centre footfall, department-store trading, consumer spending, retail heritage and the changing role of destination shopping areas as online commerce and economic pressures reshape British high streets.
Victoria Quarter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9160,Manchester,Selfridges,department,store,retail,shopping,architecture,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54RKJ - . Selfridges department store exterior in Manchester city centre. Photographed on 21 March 2026. The recorded location is Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The historical setting for local services is that commercial premises are part of everyday local history
Even businesses without national fame can become important reference points for residents and researchers once ownership changes or redevelopment alters the street. Seen through urban commerce, the earlier context is that markets and shops are direct records of changing consumer life
Trader names, fascias, product displays and market-hall directories can date a town-centre scene precisely and preserve independent businesses that may later close or relocate. In the 2026 discussion of local services, independent and high-street businesses continue to face pressure from costs, online competition and changing consumer habits, while councils increasingly treat local commerce, food and leisure as part of town-centre regeneration. The 2026 relevance of urban commerce comes from the fact that high streets continue to change rapidly , with vacancies, redevelopment and food-led destinations altering the balance between retail and leisure
Earlier photographs of traders and shopfronts provide useful evidence of business turnover and changing commercial character. Additional high-relevance terminology includes local business, town centre, local economy, business signage, commercial history, small business, business premises, community asset, retail premises, independent retailer, market hall, consumer culture, commercial property, and shopping district. Other strongly related concepts include retail history, market trader, 255A9160, shopping, and architecture. In 2026, town centre remains relevant because current interest in community assets and place-making gives photographs of individual businesses added significance when premises close, rebrand or are converted to new uses.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0130,Arnotts,department,store,exterior,Dublin,city,centre,Ireland,vertical,sign,retail,shopping,high-street,commerce,Irish,fashion,consumer,spending,heritage,business,employment,footfall,architecture,historic,brand,Henry,Street,traditional
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JGH - Arnotts department store exterior in Dublin city centre, Ireland, with its distinctive vertical ARNOTTS sign on the historic red-brick facade. The store is one of Dublin's best-known retail landmarks and has long formed a major part of the Henry Street shopping district on the north side of the River Liffey. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Arnotts, Dublin retail, department stores, high-street shopping, city-centre commerce, Irish retail, shopping tourism, fashion, consumer spending, retail heritage and changing town centres. The tall sign provides immediate brand recognition while the decorative architecture places the business within the historic commercial streetscape of central Dublin. It can also illustrate business stories concerning department-store trading, consumer confidence, retail employment, city-centre footfall and the pressures facing large traditional retailers as online shopping and changing consumer habits reshape the sector. Bright daylight and the upward composition emphasise both the store branding and the architecture of the building.
Arnotts, Henry Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5560,Wilson,department,store,Dundee,Murraygate,Commercial,Scotland,retail,shopping,historic,building,heritage,architecture,1894,Former,and,Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC7P - Former G. L. Wilson department store building at Murraygate and Commercial Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Murraygate and Commercial Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. G. L. Wilson's department store, popularly known as The Corner, opened in 1894 at the junction of Murraygate and Commercial Street and became one of Dundee's major traditional department stores. It closed in 1971 and the building later underwent redevelopment, making surviving architectural views useful records of the city's changing retail history. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Murraygate and Commercial Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,to rent,available,empty department store,closed department store,empty shop Northwich,Witton Street Northwich,boarded shopfront,unused commercial property,town centre vacancy,CW9,empty,vacant,department,shop,store,shop unit,retail unit,closed,town,centre,high street,decline,UK,boarded,up,shopfront,shop front,unused,town centre,vacancy,brightened up,colourful,mural,murals,estate agent,sign,high street decline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGHTY - This image shows an empty former department store on Witton Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The large retail unit is currently vacant, with its ground-floor windows boarded and covered with colourful temporary panels, while the upper floors sit unused above. Decorative bunting is strung across the street, creating a visual contrast between civic efforts to maintain vibrancy and the reality of retail vacancy.
The building features a mock Tudor black-and-white timbered facade, a style commonly found on prominent town-centre department stores built or remodelled in the early to mid-twentieth century. Despite its architectural presence, the premises show no active retail use, highlighting the challenges faced by large-format stores in smaller UK towns.
The photograph was taken in daylight under clear blue skies, with the pedestrianised street empty of shoppers, reinforcing the sense of quietness and underuse. Empty department stores like this have become increasingly common across the UK, reflecting long-term changes in consumer behaviour, the decline of traditional department store chains, and the shift toward online retail.
The image documents a familiar aspect of contemporary British high streets, where historic retail buildings await repurposing as part of wider town-centre regeneration strategies.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, CW9
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,walled,BT48,Orchard St,County Derry,BT48 6XY,shop,dept,department,store,Stores,Centre,Mall,Irish,neon,green,multinational,retail,chain,brand,Ben Dunne,shopping centre,shopping,shoppers,designer,designers,door,entrance,outside,logo,community,branch,group,garment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD738P - Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares. It was founded by Ben Dunne in 1944. In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain, and formerly in England and Scotland. The format of most of the chain's stores in Ireland involves a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store, although some stores contain only textiles and some contain only a supermarket. The grocery side of the business does not operate outside of Ireland, save for a limited grocery range in the Spanish stores. The larger stores usually contain a café branded as either Café Sol, Dunnes Stores Café or Baxter & Greene Market Café.
Dunnes Stores' original own brand of groceries was sold under the St Bernard brand introduced in 1956, becoming an Irish household name, but was rebranded as My Family Favourites in 2013.
The main domestic competitors in the supermarket business are Tesco, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi. For many years, Dunnes Stores has maintained a top-three market share in Ireland's grocery market, alongside SuperValu and Tesco. Combined, these three supermarket chains account for approximately 70% of Ireland's grocery market.
In clothing, their rivals include Penneys and Marks and Spencer. Dunnes collaborate for many clothing/home wares collections from a number of Irish designers such as Paul Costelloe, Padraic Harrington, Carolyn Donnelly, Lennon Courtney and new clothing from Paul Galvin. They also sell in-house clothings brands such as Savida and Gallery, along with their own Dunnes Stores brand of clothing.
Foyleside Shopping Centre, Orchard St, Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 6XY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,Eurovision 2023,tourism,tourist,attraction,sir,scouser,scousers,of,pools,chainstore,mail order,Index,shop,the,bronze,JM Centre,CBE,Littlewoods stores,football pools,Littlewood Football Pool,Mr John,dept,department,store,stores,gamble,gambling,retail,Freeman of the City of Liverpool,John Moores University,compliance,regulation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6WP - Tom Murphy (born 1949) is an English artist who is best known for his bronze sculptures.
Murphy is a self-taught artist, starting his artistic career initially as a hobby and moved quickly to an intense period of self-study, mastering a range of techniques in many art disciplines
Sir John Moores CBE (25 January 1896 “ 25 September 1993) was an English businessman, telegraphist, football club owner, politician and philanthropist, most famous for the founding of the now defunct Littlewoods retail and football pools company. Liverpool John Moores University is named in his honour.
Moores' football-betting empire and Littlewoods stores made him one of Britain's richest men. In 1992, Liverpool Polytechnic took the name Liverpool John Moores University in his honour upon being granted university status. A statue was later built which stands in the courtyard of the university's Avril Robarts Library.
Church St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 3AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,Eurovision 2023,tourism,tourist,attraction,sir,scouser,scousers,of,pools,chainstore,mail order,Index,shop,the,bronze,JM Centre,CBE,Littlewoods stores,football pools,Littlewood Football Pool,Mr John,dept,department,store,stores,gamble,gambling,retail,Freeman of the City of Liverpool,John Moores University
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6WT - Tom Murphy (born 1949) is an English artist who is best known for his bronze sculptures.
Murphy is a self-taught artist, starting his artistic career initially as a hobby and moved quickly to an intense period of self-study, mastering a range of techniques in many art disciplines
Sir John Moores CBE (25 January 1896 “ 25 September 1993) was an English businessman, telegraphist, football club owner, politician and philanthropist, most famous for the founding of the now defunct Littlewoods retail and football pools company. Liverpool John Moores University is named in his honour.
Moores' football-betting empire and Littlewoods stores made him one of Britain's richest men. In 1992, Liverpool Polytechnic took the name Liverpool John Moores University in his honour upon being granted university status. A statue was later built which stands in the courtyard of the university's Avril Robarts Library.
Church St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 3AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Wetherspoon,dept,department,store,the,Richard,John,retail,shop,pub,bar,building,chain,spoons,L1 1HU,history,L1,Merseyside,pubs,bars,stores,Blacklers,Blacklers Liverpool,sold,closed,historic,exterior,tribute,famous,Scouser,Scousers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGPDP7 - Blacklers was a large department store on the corner of Elliot Street and Great Charlotte Street in Liverpool, England. The store was famous for its lavish Christmas grotto and its rocking horse, Blackie, which is now on display in the Museum of Liverpool. The store, which at its peak employed a thousand people, also has connections to The Beatles: George Harrison worked as an apprentice electrician at Blacklers in 1959, and Pete Best's mother Mona bought his drum kit from the Blacklers music department.
Blacklers was founded by partners Richard John Blackler and A.B. Wallis in the early twentieth century. Blackler died in 1919 and was succeeded as a partner in the business by his wife Margaret.
Despite the building being severely damaged in The Blitz of May 1941 during World War II, the business survived. Temporary outlets were created in Bold Street and Church Street and the first part of the new store opened on 29 March 1953.
Margaret Blackler died in 1957 without children, at which point the store became the property of several individuals, of which the major shareholder was the sportswoman Vera Kingston (Margaret's god-daughter). In 1983 following Vera's death the store was sold on once again, and all links to the original owners disappeared. The store remained open only a few years more, closing in April 1988.
The site now includes a Wetherspoons chain pub, named Richard John Blackler in honour of the store's founder.
Elliot Street / Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y801 - . An on-location photograph from 1 Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Old CWS, Co-Operative Wholesale Society, Building now Costa Coffee, High St West ,Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,. The broader subject matter reaches into civic architecture, regional identity, urban regeneration, documentary photography, community identity, shopfront economy, architectural character, customer footfall, place-making, retail property, street-level business, historical comparison, period architecture, and mixed-use redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, planning and construction costs are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The wider contemporary story combines changing footfall, town-centre regeneration and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. Future viewers can use this scene from 1 Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes social history, local character, everyday life, contemporary social history, town-centre renewal, town-centre economy, urban fabric, and before-and-after reference. Details involving Costa, Society, Glossop, Derbyshire, and Wholesale make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 1 Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records a point of historical comparison within the wider story of 1 Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP.
1 Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MT8 - Browns was a department store in Chester established in 1780 by Susannah Brown. The store traded from its site on Chester's Eastgate Street from 1791 until 2021. Once regarded as the Harrods of the North, the building interior contains many ornate features such as glass-domed roofs and elaborate plasterwork surrounding small chandeliers in the main entrance area. Some of the glass roof on the second floor has been concealed as it has been covered by the construction of the third-floor extension which contained the main café and Kalmora Spa.
The oldest part of the store is housed in the Grade I listed Crypt Chambers, designed by T. M. Penson incorporating Georgian, Tudor and Gothic facades. Construction was completed in 1858. The building incorporates part of the Chester Rows. On the front of the tower at Row level is a blank scroll, on the east face is a recessed panel containing the initials W. B. (for William Brown), on the west face the initials are C. B. (for Charles Brown) and on the rear face is a scroll inscribed AD 1858: Crypt Chambers. The Gothic facade frontage is built over a medieval undercroft dating from the twelfth century. The undercroft most recently contained 'The Tea Press' tea room.
Another extension to the building was completed in 1965 to link Browns to the nearby Grosvenor shopping centre. A new three-story extension was built in 2002 on the site formerly occupied by the offices of the Chester Chronicle.
It was acquired by Debenhams in 1976. Browns was the only store in the group to retain its own trading name alongside the standard 'Debenhams' branding. Debenhams entered liquidation in early 2021 and all remaining stores closed during May that year. The building is owned by British Land
Crypt Chambers, 34-40 Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1LF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8DG - David Lewis founded a small shop selling men's and boy's clothing in 1856. The sale of women's clothes began in 1864, and by the 1870s Lewis's Department Store was in full swing. There were sections for shoes and tobacco in addition to clothing.
Branches were opened in other cities, beginning with Manchester in 1877. Birmingham, Sheffield and Leicester followed soon after.
The building burnt down in the infamous fire of 1886, and was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Nevertheless, it was rebuilt each time, and was refurbished in 1957. This version included the statue ˜Liverpool Resurgent', symbolising the city's renewed vigour following the horrors of the recent conflict.
Lewis's Department Store “ the fifth floor
The fifth floor of Lewis's has taken on an almost mythical status. In the store's heyday, the 1950s, the fifth floor was the place to dine in the self-service cafeteria or the Red Rose restaurant. You could also get your hair done in the salon.
A large mural decorated the walls, but this and the other features were hidden from the public in the 1980s. The floor was closed, and remained so until 2010 when it became the focus of an exhibition at the National Conservation Centre.
Gerald de Courcy Fraser designed the building in 1947 while, Fraser, Sons and Geary carried out construction. It is built from a steel frame with a Portland stone façade.
There are several classical influences in the building. Red granite columns are topped with Ionic capitals, while the columns on the fourth floor are Tuscan in style. A two-storey colonnade above the corner entrance have Doric-style half columns.
Liverpool Resurgent
The statue Liverpool Resurgent is accompanied by relief panels depicting scenes of childhood. The figures in the panels are modelled on the sculptor Jacob Epstein's own children and grandchildren. These represent the younger generation which Liverpool was being rebuilt for.
Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BC397X - British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electronics, entertainment, convenience groceries and fragrance and beauty products.
The company was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs, and had a total of 163 stores mainly located in high streets or shopping centres by the time of its closure in 2016, as well as 74 international stores across 18 separate territories.
BHS was previously a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was bought by Sir Philip Green in 2000 and taken private. The company became part of Green's Arcadia Group in 2009. Following a number of loss-making years, the company was sold to the consortium Retail Acquisitions Ltd led by the serial bankrupt Dominic Chappell, in March 2015 for the nominal price of £1.
In April 2016, 13 months after the purchase by Retail Acquisitions, the company entered administration following unsuccessful attempts to continue trading. It was eventually wound down, and all stores were closed by late August 2016 following failed attempts to find a buyer. The overseas franchises and digital business were sold during the administration period to Al Mana Group, who closed down the website in June 2018
67-81 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ798T - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ798W - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7998 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799A - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799C - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799X - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A2 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A3 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A4 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A5 - Afflecks (formerly Affleck's Palace) is an indoor market in Manchester, England, in the city's Northern Quarter on the junction of Church Street/Tib Street and Dale Street with Oldham Street. Dozens of independent stalls, small shops and boutiques operate in the one building. The building was once occupied by a department store called Affleck and Brown as a store and office space, hence the name.
Affleck's Palace first opened in 1981 by James and Elaine Walsh with an ethos of offering a safe environment for entrepreneurs to start out with affordable rent and no long term contracts. Unit holders operated under a licence agreement which allowed them to pay for space on a week by week basis. The atmosphere and colourful maze-like layout led to Affleck's becoming a mecca for alternative culture. The establishment was able to bounce back from two building fires and overcame many obstacles.
During the 1990s 'Madchester Summer of Love' period “ when local bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets were at the height of their popularity
Affleck's Palace was a fashionable spot to get oversized flared jeans and tie dyed T-shirts and 'Eastern Bloc' was a popular record shop as it dealt in all the latest underground dance tunes of the time.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A6 - Afflecks (formerly Affleck's Palace) is an indoor market in Manchester, England, in the city's Northern Quarter on the junction of Church Street/Tib Street and Dale Street with Oldham Street. Dozens of independent stalls, small shops and boutiques operate in the one building. The building was once occupied by a department store called Affleck and Brown as a store and office space, hence the name.
Affleck's Palace first opened in 1981 by James and Elaine Walsh with an ethos of offering a safe environment for entrepreneurs to start out with affordable rent and no long term contracts. Unit holders operated under a licence agreement which allowed them to pay for space on a week by week basis. The atmosphere and colourful maze-like layout led to Affleck's becoming a mecca for alternative culture. The establishment was able to bounce back from two building fires and overcame many obstacles.
During the 1990s 'Madchester Summer of Love' period “ when local bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets were at the height of their popularity
Affleck's Palace was a fashionable spot to get oversized flared jeans and tie dyed T-shirts and 'Eastern Bloc' was a popular record shop as it dealt in all the latest underground dance tunes of the time.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7NC5J - . An identifiable period record of Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Ludwig Beck department store, Munich, Germany at night. The broader subject matter reaches into community identity, contemporary social history, town-centre trading, shopfront economy, place identity, retail property, customer footfall, documentary photography, social history, local history, independent retail, small business, archival record, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of online shopping, independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. Further associations within the scene are regional identity, changing streetscape, high-street commerce, visual archive, commercial frontage, local enterprise, local character, and specialist retailer. The combination of store, department, night, Germany, and Munich anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany. The scene further reflects store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the real-world context of Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Marienplatz 11, 80331 München, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE1M - Kingston upon Thames, also known as Kingston, is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston is situated 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.
Kingston lies approximately 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level. Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in 1835. It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893, extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965. Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area, but some areas north of Kingston railway station have the postcode KT2 instead. The population of the town itself, comprising the four wards of Canbury, Grove, Norbiton and Tudor, was 43,013 in the 2011 census
Kingston-upon-Thames,London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P1W - . Made at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The subject captured here is Outfitters,Foreign & Colonial sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. The locality and subject together evoke urban typography, public information notice, place identity, changing land use, period detail, commercial ephemera, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, street-level message, everyday life, commercial frontage, retail property, and street-level business. The wider contemporary story combines street design, local history and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with independent business, town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after different community use. The subject also sits alongside public-facing signage, independent retail, contemporary social history, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, wayfinding detail, local enterprise, and public realm. Details involving Colonial, Foreign, Jenners, Outfitters, and Edinburgh make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is street design and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity within the real-world context of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P1Y - . This scene at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Robemakers Pulpit,legal,municipal,acedemic sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. The wider scene also brings together period lettering, archival record, printed message, local character, graphic street detail, regional identity, visual archive, local history, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, street-level business, urban typography, retail property, and specialist retailer. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with street design, accessibility and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. The modern context includes continuing discussion of online shopping, commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with place identity, material sign design, changing land use, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, contemporary social history, everyday visual culture, and public-facing signage. References to municipal, Edinburgh, Store, Jenners, and legal give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is street design and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change as part of the longer story of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: Stonework,brickwork,Jenners,Store,retail,historic,history,letters,lettering,sign,signs,signwork,work,buy,buying,retailer,Edinburgh,city,Princes,Princess,St,Street,Department,marble,sign at Jenners Store,Edinburgh,Scotland,Princes St,Princes Street,Department Store,House of Fraser,GoTonySmith,House,of,Fraser,HOF,and,Kennington,Douglas-Miller,building,buildings,architecture,listed,Harrods,of,the,North,city,capital,Scottish,Scots,shop,shopping,Identity,letters,lettering,metal,outside,exterior,streetview,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Charles Jenner,Charles Kennington,category A,Harrods of the North,Royal Warrant,Metal Letters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P25 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Glasgow warehouse Renfield Street Corner Gordon St sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. The setting additionally reflects visual communication, urban typography, period detail, social history, everyday visual culture, instructional wording, archival record, public realm, period lettering, local character, community identity, place identity, changing streetscape, and street-level message. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local history, street design and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include everyday life, material sign design, changing land use, wayfinding detail, commercial ephemera, historical comparison, contemporary social history, and regional identity. References to Renfield, Store, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Jenners give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate local history and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment within the specific setting of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ. The image also provides a reference for public communication and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design as part of the longer story of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: Stonework,brickwork,Jenners,Store,retail,historic,history,letters,lettering,sign,signs,signwork,work,buy,buying,retailer,Edinburgh,city,Princes,Princess,St,Street,Department,marble,school,selling,sale,sales,Princes St,Princes Street,Department Store,House of Fraser,GoTonySmith,House,of,Fraser,HOF,and,Kennington,Douglas-Miller,building,buildings,architecture,listed,Harrods,of,the,North,city,capital,Scottish,Scots,shop,shopping,Identity,letters,lettering,metal,outside,exterior,streetview,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Charles Jenner,Charles Kennington,category A,Harrods of the North,Royal Warrant,Metal Letters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PGG - . Photographed at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Outfitters Schools & Clubs sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. Another layer of the photograph includes commercial frontage, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, documentary photography, community identity, place identity, retail property, shopfront economy, street-level business, period lettering, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, regional identity, and visual archive. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into accessibility and street design, not least because of the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, footfall and the continuing question of the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside high-street commerce, visual communication, customer footfall, local enterprise, material sign design, local history, street-level message, and archival record. The combination of Clubs, Store, Jenners, Edinburgh, and Schools anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment as part of the longer story of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ. Image F89PGG also remains a dated record of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: Stonework,brickwork,Jenners,Store,retail,historic,history,letters,lettering,sign,signs,signwork,work,buy,buying,retailer,Edinburgh,city,Princes,Princess,St,Street,Department,&,30,31,Tailor,Outfitter,marble,Victorian,Princes St,Princes Street,Department Store,House of Fraser,GoTonySmith,House,of,Fraser,HOF,and,Kennington,Douglas-Miller,building,buildings,architecture,listed,Harrods,of,the,North,city,capital,Scottish,Scots,shop,shopping,Identity,letters,lettering,metal,outside,exterior,streetview,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Charles Jenner,Charles Kennington,category A,Harrods of the North,Royal Warrant,Metal Letters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PGN - . An on-location photograph from 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through 30-31 Juvenile Tailors & Outfitters sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. The wider scene also brings together high-street commerce, historical comparison, place identity, local enterprise, before-and-after reference, commercial frontage, public realm, specialist shop, retail property, small business, shopfront economy, period detail, archival record, and social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into advertising change and local history, not least because of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Today's relevance is strengthened by online shopping, commercial rents and the continuing question of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, changing streetscape, material sign design, urban typography, specialist retailer, community identity, customer footfall, and everyday visual culture. The combination of Store, Edinburgh, 30-31, Tailors, and Jenners anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to advertising change and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change when considered against later change at 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: Stonework,brickwork,Jenners,Store,retail,historic,history,letters,lettering,sign,signs,signwork,work,buy,buying,retailer,Edinburgh,city,Princes,Princess,St,Street,Department,marble,Victorian,worn,weather,weatherworn,Princes St,Princes Street,Department Store,House of Fraser,GoTonySmith,House,of,Fraser,HOF,and,Kennington,Douglas-Miller,building,buildings,architecture,listed,Harrods,of,the,North,city,capital,Scottish,Scots,shop,shopping,Identity,letters,lettering,metal,outside,exterior,streetview,weatherworn,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Charles Jenner,Charles Kennington,category A,Harrods of the North,Royal Warrant,Metal Letters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PGP - . This location-specific image from 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ in 2015 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Highland Costumes & accessories sign at Jenners Store, Edinburgh, Scotland. The locality and subject together evoke graphic street detail, local enterprise, commercial ephemera, street-level message, customer footfall, before-and-after reference, social history, street-level business, visual archive, town-centre trading, wayfinding detail, period lettering, community identity, and specialist retailer. From a 2025-onward perspective, street design and public communication are closely linked to this subject, alongside the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects visual communication, public information notice, changing streetscape, archival record, place identity, local history, bricks-and-mortar retail, and material sign design. The combination of Jenners, accessories, Costumes, Store, and Edinburgh anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ, 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 street design and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity within the specific setting of 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: dusk,shot,in,the,winter,december,november,snow,cold,winter,shop,shopping,sales,xmas,Christmas,city,capital,iconic,lights,lighting,lit,up,building,dept,department,store,stores,travel,attraction,place,to,visit,mr,harrod,up,market,upmarket,Brompton,rd,road,gotonysmith,icon,iconic,retail,space,spaces,mall,centre,center,st,street,capitalism,capitalist,system,rich,by,royal,appointment,to,the,queen,royal,family,king,Royal,Borough,of,and,Chelsea,London,store,big,biggest,in,europe,GB,great,britain,Omnia,Omnibus,Ubique,All,Things,for,All,People,Everywhere,tube,warrant,warrants,Charles,Henry,Mo,Mohamed,Al-Fayed,al,Fayed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B12 - Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique”All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: dusk,shot,in,the,winter,december,november,snow,cold,winter,shop,shopping,sales,xmas,Christmas,city,capital,iconic,lights,lighting,lit,up,building,dept,department,store,stores,travel,attraction,place,to,visit,mr,harrod,up,market,upmarket,Brompton,rd,road,gotonysmith,icon,iconic,retail,space,spaces,mall,centre,center,st,street,capitalism,capitalist,system,rich,by,royal,appointment,to,the,queen,royal,family,king,Royal,Borough,of,and,Chelsea,London,store,big,biggest,in,europe,GB,great,britain,Omnia,Omnibus,Ubique,All,Things,for,All,People,Everywhere,tube,warrant,warrants,Charles,Henry,Mo,Mohamed,Al-Fayed,al,Fayed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B1P - Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique”All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: dusk,shot,in,the,winter,december,november,snow,cold,winter,shop,shopping,sales,xmas,Christmas,city,capital,iconic,lights,lighting,lit,up,building,dept,department,store,stores,travel,attraction,place,to,visit,mr,harrod,up,market,upmarket,Brompton,rd,road,gotonysmith,icon,iconic,retail,space,spaces,mall,centre,center,st,street,capitalism,capitalist,system,rich,by,royal,appointment,to,the,queen,royal,family,king,Royal,Borough,of,and,Chelsea,London,store,big,biggest,in,europe,GB,great,britain,Omnia,Omnibus,Ubique,All,Things,for,All,People,Everywhere,tube,warrant,warrants,Charles,Henry,Mo,Mohamed,Al-Fayed,al,Fayed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B20 - Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique”All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: dusk,shot,in,the,winter,december,november,snow,cold,winter,shop,shopping,sales,xmas,Christmas,city,capital,iconic,lights,lighting,lit,up,building,dept,department,store,stores,travel,attraction,place,to,visit,mr,harrod,up,market,upmarket,Brompton,rd,road,gotonysmith,icon,iconic,retail,space,spaces,mall,centre,center,st,street,capitalism,capitalist,system,rich,by,royal,appointment,to,the,queen,royal,family,king,Royal,Borough,of,and,Chelsea,London,store,big,biggest,in,europe,GB,great,britain,Omnia,Omnibus,Ubique,All,Things,for,All,People,Everywhere,tube,warrant,warrants,Charles,Henry,Mo,Mohamed,Al-Fayed,al,Fayed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B24 - Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique”All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: 55 St Enoch Square,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1,4EQ,G14EQ,saint,shop,shops,mall,GMW,Architects,Sir,Robert,McAlpine,station,Argyle,Street,architectural,architecture,glass,roof,eco,largest,glass-covered,enclosed,Europe,Greenhouse,Scott,Lithgow,dept,Gotonysmith,department,store,space,wifi,hotspot,hot,Arcadia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39CJ - The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the central area of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public in May 1989. It was officially opened by the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in February of the following year.
Located on the site of the former St Enoch Station, the building is just off Glasgow's famous shopping thoroughfare, Argyle Street and overlooks the historic St. Enoch Square and the original Subway station building (on the right of the photograph). The present St Enoch subway station is now accessible by escalators.
Whilst the target of many architectural critics, the building is notable for its massive glass roof, which makes it the largest glass-covered enclosed area in Europe. Not only does this substantially reduce heating and lighting loads - the mall area is lit entirely by natural daylight in summer, whilst the solar heat generated by the roof means that mechanical heating is only required for a week on average per year - it also earned the building its affectionate nickname The Glasgow Greenhouse. The roof's steel framework was fabricated by the shipbuilders Scott Lithgow.
The glass roofed element surrounds a seven storey car park, and when originally opened, an ice rink. This was closed in 1999 when a refurbishment programme (initiated to compete with the newer Buchanan Galleries), saw it being replaced by more shops and an enlarged restaurant area.
55 St Enoch Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK G1 4EQ
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,Department,Bannons Shop,Store,Department store,celebrate,125,years,coke,coca,cola,road,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MC3 - . This location-specific image from 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL in 2011 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Bannons Dept Store, Belfast 75 North St, City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. The subject also carries associations with commercial streetscape, local history, documentary photography, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, place identity, specialist retailer, changing land use, regional identity, local enterprise, retail property, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, online shopping and independent business are closely linked to this subject, alongside how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new ownership. The subject also sits alongside local trading, local character, public realm, shopfront economy, visual archive, commercial frontage, period detail, and community identity. Details involving Store, Centre, Ireland, Belfast, and Bannons make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres when considered against later change at 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL.
75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL
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Keywords: Jenners,Xmas,Christmas,tree,Edinburgh,Scotland,Princes,St,Street,shop,shopping,store,department,december,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,winter,Edinburghe,wide,superwide,tonysmith,tony,smith,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,pano,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,edinbrugh,stitched,panorama,joined,images,widescreen,\u043f\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0430,\u30d1\u30ce\u30e9\u30de,\u5168\u666f,\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4,hotpix!,Edinburg,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4260152762 - 'A joiner of nine or so FujiFinepix S1500 shots, in two layers from the second floor of Jenners.
Another Edinburgh shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811386220/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: The,Jenners,Dept,store,Xmas,Tree,Edinburgh,Scotland,house,of,Frasier,HOF,Princes,St,Street,EDB,interior,inside,Department,gotonysmith,wide,angle,shop,shopping,retail,retailing,capital,city,concession,concessions,Harrods,of,the,north,scottish,stores,holding company JPSE Ltd,owned by the Douglas-Miller family,and,was,sold,Moorcroft,Capital,Management,in,August,2005,owned,Robbie,Douglas,Miller,former,Chief,Executive,of,Jenners,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET1AY - The Jenners Dept store Xmas Tree Edinburgh Scotland
Jenners Department Store, now known simply as Jenners, is a department store located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the oldest independent department store in Scotland until its acquisition by House of Fraser in 2005.
Jenners has maintained its position on Edinburgh's Princes Street since 1838 when it was founded by Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington and known as Kennington & Jenner. The store was run for many years by the Douglas-Miller family, who were descendants of James Kennedy, who took charge of Jenners in 1881.
The original buildings that formed the department store were destroyed by fire in 1892, and in 1893 the Scottish architect William Hamilton Beattie was appointed to design the new store which subsequently opened in 1895. This new building is designated as a category A listed building, and it is noted by the statutory listing that, at Charles Jenner's insistence, the building's caryatids were intended 'to show symbolically that women are the support of the house'. The new store included many technical innovations such as electric lighting and hydraulic lifts
Jenners, 48 Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: dusk,night,shot,tripod,edinburgh,scotland,fair,fayre,princes,street,st,gardens,xmas,christmas,jenners,store,department,shop,shopping,tourist,travel,UK,britain,winter,december,hogmanay,scottish,scots,escotia,neon,lights,bright,highway,road,light,stream,lightstream,edinbrugh,hotpix!,Edinburg,#tonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4503392149 - 'The Xmas fayre on Edinburgh's main shopping Street, Princes St. Now becoming quite a regular annual event opposite the Jenners department store and the monument.
Here the fairground attraction is shown at Dusk.
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(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: malcolm,harradine,tv,television,chef,cook,shop,cookshop,Bratts,department,store,QVC,Mr,Silicone,cheshire,UK,Northwich,town,centre,fruit,crumble,smilling,smile,demo,demonstration,cookery,mrsilicone,recipe,chronicle,mid,midcheshire,Tim,Gray,demonstrations,outside,st,face,head,faces,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3959757223 - 'Not what I expected walking down to the bank in Northwich, Malcolm Harradine, Mr Silicone of QVC and other television appearances.
Shown here, showing off his skills at Bratts cookshop in Witten street with a fruit crumble, one of his favourite demo dishes. He had offers on the latest cookware from induction hobs to knife sets.
Another chap in Northwich, Cheshire here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3998786439/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Department,Store,Malcolm,Harradine,TV,Chef,in,Northwich,at,Bratts,department,store,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,Open,air,Cookery,demonstration,Witton,St,Malcolm,Harradine,TV,Chef,in,Northwich,at,Bratts,department,store,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,Open,air,Cookery,demonstration,gotonysmith,cook,Cookware,pan,dishes,dish,demo,smile,smiling,the,cookshop,handsome sexy MelandMal MelandMal.com,gotonysmith,The Cookshop,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8T6 - . Malcolm Harradine TV Chef in Northwich at Bratts department store Northwich Cheshire England UK Open air Cookery demonstration. Photographed on 18 September 2009. The recorded location is Bratts Dept Store, 2-6 Witton St Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 5AP. In the longer view, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. In the longer view, workplace portraits and occupational scenes record skills, uniforms, tools and customer service that can disappear as industries modernise
They are useful social-history evidence because they place individual workers within the everyday economy rather than presenting a building or product in isolation. In the longer view, political signs, demonstrations and campaign material are highly time-specific forms of visual evidence
Slogans, posters and banners record the language, branding and issues of a particular contest, and can gain historical significance long after the immediate vote or protest has ended. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore provides a useful counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that service work remains central to the British economy while recruitment, pay, automation and evolving customer expectations continue to reshape many occupations
Historic and contemporary workplace photographs therefore have relevance to labour, skills and employment as well as the immediate subject.
Bratts Dept Store, 2-6 Witton St Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 5AP
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Keywords: Birmingham,Selfridges,Bullring,with,a,no,50,Bus,passing.,Reflections,in,the,bus,England,englands,second,2nd,city,UK,GB,britain,great,gotonysmith,shopping,dept,store,department,center,centre,green,traffic,light,go,ahead,public,transport,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWDT - . Birmingham Selfridges Bullring with a no 50 Bus passing. Reflections in the bus. Photographed on 25 July 2009. As background, mobility is shaped by both technology and policy
Images of Vehicles.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>vehicles and transport infrastructure record changing design, accessibility, fuel use, ownership patterns and the ways towns organise movement. The historical context is that shops and markets are a visible record of changing consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. Against the 2026 backdrop, transport is undergoing a gradual shift towards lower-emission vehicles, better public-transport integration and active travel
Older buses, cars and infrastructure therefore help illustrate both continuity and technological transition. The subject remains topical in 2026 because 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 useful for comparison. From a heritage perspective, transport images are time capsules of technology and everyday mobility
Vehicle models, liveries, ticketing, road layouts and passenger behaviour change quickly, so photographs can chart the transition between generations of public and private transport. Looking at the subject's development, everyday journeys depend on an evolving network of vehicles, stops, stations and roads
Buses, cars, ferries and trams can become historical subjects within a few years as operators rebrand, fleets are replaced and infrastructure is rebuilt. Additional subject vocabulary includes public transport, passenger transport, transport history, urban transport, sustainable transport, commuter, and road transport.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799J - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7990 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
