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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,battered,in batter,sign,Cafe Piccante,Edinburgh,Scottish food,takeaway sign,neon,fast food,food,poor,diet,concept,unhealthy,eating,public health,debate,NHS,obesity,junk food,chip shop,carryout,carry out,culture,novelty,health,inequality,urban,takeaway,advertising,food shop,window,EH1,Broughton Street,retail,evening,tourist curiosity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4DT - Close view of an illuminated Deep Fried Mars Bar sign in the window of Cafe Piccante in Edinburgh, Scotland, presenting one of the most widely recognised and often stereotyped novelty foods associated with Scottish takeaway culture. The bright purple display, bold white lettering and visible Mars bar wrapper create an eye-catching editorial image that works strongly for themes of unhealthy eating, junk food, fried food culture, sugar and fat consumption, takeaway habits and wider public health debate. Photographed in an urban takeaway setting on Broughton Street, the picture is useful for features about diet, obesity, cardiovascular risk, food marketing, culinary stereotypes, tourism curiosity and the way particular foods become symbolic of a place, fairly or unfairly. It also lends itself to commentary on Scotland's long-running health inequalities, though the image should be read as an illustration of food culture and debate rather than proof of any direct causal link between one novelty item and population-level outcomes. That distinction matters, because lazy stereotypes about Scotland and poor diet can drift into caricature. Even so, the sign remains a strong visual shorthand for conversations about indulgence, processed food, late-night takeaway habits, cheap calories and the public tension between humour, local identity and serious health concerns. The composition has clear value for newspapers, magazines, blogs and current affairs coverage exploring nutrition, class, urban food retail, fast food environments, public policy, prevention campaigns and the commercial use of novelty products to attract custom. It is also commercially useful as a documentary image of a real Edinburgh takeaway display, with branding and place-specific context intact. Suitable subjects include deep fried food, Scottish takeaway culture, unhealthy eating concepts, food and health policy, street-level retail, neon signage, Edinburgh city life and the politics of how national food iden
Deep Fried Mars Bar sign at Cafe Piccante in Edinburgh, Scotland, illustrating fried food culture, n
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,words,concept,Scrabble,letter,letters,on,a,priced out,mortgage,mortgages,tenant,tenants,tenancy,owners,owning,own,home,homes,notes,UK,Great Britain,British,RBOS,note,EH1,Bank Street,Edinburgh,Scotland,EH1 2LN,Twenty Pounds,Ten Pounds,Five,Pounds,pound,pounds,renters rights bill
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXHHG3 - Taken on 24 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Housing costs - in words, Scrabble letters with Scottish Sterling cash notes, Scotland - Twenty Pounds, Ten Pounds, Five pound. The location is Bank St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. The subject connects directly with the continuing housing affordability debate, including rent inflation, mortgage pressure, private renting, social housing demand, homelessness risk and household budgets. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. 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 socialhousing, housing, social housing, UKhousing, Sterling, money, cash, Scottish, Scotland, bank of Scotland, words, concept, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general a.
Bank St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,16,UK,EH1 2LN,EH1,good coffee,coffee,cafe,sign,neon,distinctive,Red neon sign,history,historic,illuminated,bankofscotland,Lloyds Banking Group,skyline,dusk,night time,evening,HBOS,issues,offices,office,night,headquarters,head office,Bank Street,Lothians,EH1 1YZ,gentrification
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3684H - . This location-specific image from 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Red neon sign, Espresso Bar, 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, good coffee, in the evening dusk. The broader subject matter reaches into social history, historical comparison, local history, licensed hospitality, night-time economy, contemporary social history, beer-led hospitality, traditional pub, real-ale culture, hospitality economy, community drinking venue, historic hostelry, visual archive, and public realm. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with energy costs, consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, local social venue, changing land use, traditional ale house, visitor hospitality, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and period detail. Elements such as coffee, Espresso, evening, and Edinburgh add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for energy costs and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN. Another useful connection is pub closures and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN.
16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Scotland,EH1,Bank Street,Lothians,UK,EH1 1YZ,head office,headquarters,at,night,office,offices,sterling,currency,issuer,of,issues,dusk,night time,evening,HBOS,Mound,The Mound,skyline,bankofscotland,Lloyds Banking Group,capital,HQ,illuminated,history,historic,distinctive,neon,Edinburgh,EH1 2LN
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3687A - . This dated editorial view of The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Bank Of Scotland head office at night, The Mound & Bank Street skyline, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ. Other connected aspects include local history, regional identity, community identity, specialist shop, documentary photography, shopfront economy, local enterprise, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, high-street commerce, archival record, social history, visual archive, and historical comparison. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes materials and architectural details within The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, commercial frontage, period detail, place identity, town-centre trading, specialist retailer, customer footfall, and small business. References to office, skyline, night, Lothians, and Mound give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. It also preserves period character within the wider story of The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ.
The Mound & Bank Street, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,EH1,shops,retail,EH1 3DQ,upmarket,fashion,Xmas,festive,complex,big-name,a very merry,very merry,Multrees Christmas,Multrees Xmas,night,evening,business,businesses,cafe,cafes,sweetest,buy,purchases,purchase,shop,store,lights,decorate,decorated,lit up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M368Y0 - . Recorded at Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents Multrees Walk shopping centre, Multrees Walk, Edinburgh EH1 3DQ, at night, A very Merry Multrees Christmas. The image also relates to specialist retailer, local history, everyday life, contemporary social history, public realm, visual archive, changing land use, period detail, customer footfall, independent retail, regional identity, small business, archival record, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and online shopping, particularly through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside retail property, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, town-centre trading, street-level business, shopfront economy, place identity, and specialist shop. Details involving Christmas, night, Merry, Multrees, and Edinburgh make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ. Another useful connection is independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ.
Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,EH1,shops,retail,EH1 3DQ,upmarket,complex big-name,fashion,at,Louis,brand,high-end,house,French,Louis Vuitton Malletier,WWII,Nazi collaboration,counterfeit,product,products,Vuiton,entrance,night,handbag,chain,chav,shop,front,luxury,up-market,brands
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3692R - Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton , is a French high-end luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its products, ranging from luxury bags and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, sunglasses and books. Louis Vuitton is one of the world's leading international fashion houses. It sells its products through standalone boutiques, lease departments in high-end departmental stores, and through the e-commerce section of its website.
For six consecutive years (2006“2012), Louis Vuitton was named the world's most valuable luxury brand. Its 2012 valuation was US$25.9 billion. In 2013, the valuation of the brand was US$28.4 billion with revenue of US$9.4 billion. The company operates in 50 countries with more than 460 stores worldwide
Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,EH1,shops,retail,EH1 3DQ,upmarket,complex big-name,fashion,exercise equipment,bike,bikes,physical,store,stores,service,services,costly,expensive,online,community,brand,sporting,equipment,sign,uncertainty,losses,losing,users,lockdown,shop,window,job losses,rise and fall,night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36969 - Peloton Interactive, Inc. is an American exercise equipment and media company based in New York City. The company's products are stationary bicycles, treadmills, indoor rowers equipped with Internet-connected touch screens that steam live and on-demand fitness classes through a subscription service. The equipment includes built-in sensors that track metrics such power output, providing users with real-time feedback on their performance and leaderboard rankings to compete with other users.
Peloton charges a US$44 monthly membership fee to access classes and additional features on their exercise equipment, or $12.99 for users only accessing the content via app or website
In 2011, John Foley, an executive at Barnes & Noble in New York City, pitched his colleague, Tom Cortese, on the idea that technology could make it possible for people with little time to get the full experience of working out in a high-end studio cycling class in their homes. Peloton Interactive was founded in January 2012
The company raised $400,000 in seed money in February 2012 and another $3.5 million in December 2012. Peloton sold its first bike on Kickstarter in 2013 with an early bird price tag of $1,500. Their first Internet-connected stationary bicycle with a tablet was released in 2014. The company also opened showrooms in shopping centers around the US, for people to test out the machines, and sales quickly soared, behind the entertaining classes and cycling instructors, and the online community of riders
Sales increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic as home gyms became more popular during the COVID-19 lockdowns. However, the rapid increase in demand caused shipping delays, with customers receiving their products months late, leading some to cancel orders
Multrees Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,Auld Reekie,EH1,Lothian,UK,EH1 3BG,9,selling,off licence,dusk,night,evening,in,the,sweets,sweetshop,sweet shop,handy,convenience,store,shop,independent,history,heritage,old,oldtown,old town,urban,capital,sights,attractions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M369CW - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Traditional newsagents selling The Scotsman, Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG. The image also relates to small business, street-level business, before-and-after reference, commercial frontage, retail property, independent retail, regional identity, contemporary social history, everyday life, place identity, local enterprise, customer footfall, changing land use, and changing streetscape. Current relevance extends to independent business and online shopping, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG before conservation work alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with shopfront economy, high-street commerce, local history, historical comparison, period detail, visual archive, town-centre trading, and archival record. The combination of Lothian, Waterloo, Traditional, Scotsman, and Edinburgh anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG.
Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Edinburgh,Scotland,investing,investors,trams,tram,advert,Uk,EH2,EH12,Pure Offices,EH12 9DT,Parabola.com,tramway,advertisement,media,ad,on,a,lightrail,light rail,line,route,routes,service,services,invest,in,city,centre,EH1,EH1 3BG
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JC9M - . Photographed at Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Parabola.com, Investing in the future of Edinburgh, advertisement media on a tram, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG. Other connected aspects include rail mobility, passenger railway, public realm, integrated transport, documentary photography, local character, trackside heritage, local history, contemporary social history, historical comparison, place identity, archival record, rail modernisation, and transport interchange. From a 2025-onward perspective, reliability and public ownership are closely linked to this subject, alongside the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include period detail, commuter travel, changing land use, regional rail, rail corridor, before-and-after reference, regional identity, and changing streetscape. The combination of Edinburgh, media, Princes, advertisement, and Parabola anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of reliability and the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change within the real-world context of Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT.
Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,Scottish,fast food,unhealthy,fat,fatty,fried,food,white,battered,sign,signs,shop,window,restaurant,cafe,9,EH1 2HE,EH1,chippy,blue,yellow,glow,glowing,glows,electric,electrical,fishy,seafood,British,traditional,culture,tourist,attarction,vintage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9DGM - The British tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil was introduced to the country by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants, who spent time in the Netherlands before settling in the UK as early as the 16th century. They prepared fried fish in a manner similar to pescado frito, which is coated in flour then fried in oil. Fish fried for Shabbat for dinner on Friday evenings could be eaten cold the following afternoon for shalosh seudot, palatable this way as liquid vegetable oil was used rather than a hard fat, such as butter. Charles Dickens mentions fried fish warehouses in Oliver Twist (1838)
The modern fish-and-chip shop (chippy in modern British slang) originated in the United Kingdom, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. Early fish-and-chip shops had only very basic facilities. Usually these consisted principally of a large cauldron of cooking fat, heated by a coal fire. The fish-and-chip shop later evolved into a fairly standard format, with the food served, in paper wrappings, to queuing customers, over a counter in front of the fryers. As a boy, Alfred Hitchcock lived above a fish and chip shop in London, which was the family business. According to Professor John Walton, author of Fish and Chips and the British Working Class, the British government made safeguarding supplies of fish and chips during the First World War a priority: The cabinet knew it was vital to keep families on the home front in good heart, unlike the German regime that failed to keep its people well fed.
By 1910, there were over 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, a figure that grew to over 35,000 shops by the 1930s.Since then the trend has reversed, and in 2009 there were approximately 10,000 shops
Victoria St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,EH1,rail,capital,service,services,public,transport,city,centre,EH1 3EG,engine,EMU,electric,mainline,800108,TOC,RMT,ASLEF,at,platform,R,British Rail,Class,800,Intercity,Express,train,bi-mode,biMode,multiple unit,Hitachi,AT300,IET
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXPPM - The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway. The type uses electric motors powered from overhead electric wires for traction, but also has diesel generators to enable trains to operate on unelectrified track. It is a part of the Hitachi AT300 product family.
The Class 800 was produced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) as a replacement for the Intercity 125 and Intercity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, assembly being performed at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan
no body construction takes place in the UK. As well as resembling the Class 801, the units are also very similar to the Class 802 units, which have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks.
Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,multiple unit,Express,British Rail,ASLEF,EH1 3EG,EH1,rail,public,transport,service,services,city,centre,engine,TOC,RMT,platform,Your,travel,station,platforms,route,routes,unit,carriages,carriage,public transport,joined up,integrated,yellow line,express
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXPY2 - . This location-specific image from Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Scotrail Express,Your Ticket,to Zero carbon travel, at Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG. The locality and subject together evoke documentary photography, mass transit, transport interchange, contemporary social history, regional rail, before-and-after reference, urban rail transport, visual archive, local character, changing streetscape, historical comparison, everyday life, public transport network, and railway branding. From a 2025-onward perspective, decarbonisation and rail reform are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions. As a dated visual record of Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside trackside heritage, community identity, period detail, station environment, place identity, changing land use, public realm, and rail infrastructure. The combination of carbon, station, Express, Edinburgh, and railway anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is decarbonisation and the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG.
Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,EH1,rail,capital,service,services,public,transport,city,centre,EH1 3EG,engine,EMU,electric,mainline,800108,TOC,RMT,ASLEF,at,platform,R,British Rail,Class,800,Intercity,Express,train,bi-mode,biMode,multiple unit,Hitachi,AT300,IET
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXR2A - The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway. The type uses electric motors powered from overhead electric wires for traction, but also has diesel generators to enable trains to operate on unelectrified track. It is a part of the Hitachi AT300 product family.
The Class 800 was produced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) as a replacement for the Intercity 125 and Intercity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, assembly being performed at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan
no body construction takes place in the UK. As well as resembling the Class 801, the units are also very similar to the Class 802 units, which have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks.
Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,EH1,rail,capital,service,services,public,transport,city,centre,EH1 3EG,engine,EMU,electric,mainline,800108,TOC,RMT,ASLEF,at,platform,R,British Rail,Class,800,Intercity,Express,train,bi-mode,biMode,multiple unit,Hitachi,AT300,IET
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXR47 - The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway. The type uses electric motors powered from overhead electric wires for traction, but also has diesel generators to enable trains to operate on unelectrified track. It is a part of the Hitachi AT300 product family.
The Class 800 was produced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) as a replacement for the Intercity 125 and Intercity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, assembly being performed at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan
no body construction takes place in the UK. As well as resembling the Class 801, the units are also very similar to the Class 802 units, which have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks.
Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,EH1,banks,finance,sterling,The,Pound,currency,independence,money,referendum,cash,Scottish,city,centre,sign,old,history,historic,Banca na h-Alba,HBOS,Lloyds,TSB,established,merger,financial,sector,market,North Bank Street,issue,banknotes,notes,app,online,banking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXR73 - The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Scotland and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, following the Bank of Scotland's implosion in 2008. The bank was established by the Parliament of Scotland in 1695 to develop Scotland's trade with other countries, and aimed to create a stable banking system in the Kingdom of Scotland.
With a history dating to the end of the 17th century, it is the fifth-oldest extant bank in the United Kingdom (the Bank of England having been established one year earlier), and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to remain in existence. It was one of the first banks in Europe to print its own banknotes, and it continues to print its own sterling banknotes under legal arrangements that allow Scottish banks to issue currency.
In June 2006, the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing the bank's structure to be simplified. As a result, The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland became Bank of Scotland plc on 17 September 2007. Bank of Scotland has been a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group since 19 January 2009, when HBOS was acquired by Lloyds TSB
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland was established by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland on 17 July 1695, the Act for erecting a Bank in Scotland, opening for business in February 1696. Although established soon after the Bank of England (1694), the Bank of Scotland was a very different institution. Whereas the Bank of England was established specifically to finance defence spending by the English government, the Bank of Scotland was established by the Scottish government to support Scottish business, and was prohibited from lending to the government without parliamentary approval
Lloyds Banking Group
Following the implosion of the Bank of Scotland in 2008, HBOS Group agreed to be taken over by Lloyds TSB Group
The Mound Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Edinburgh,Scotland,EH1,9 Victoria Street,EH12HE,fish,chips,foods,poor,Scottish,sign,in,oil,range,frying,unhealthy,not healthy,fry everything,fried mars bar,fried mars bars,cholesterol,cholesterols,heart attack,eating,diet,weight,gain,fatty,fat,obesity,overweight,oily,batter,battered,The Chippy,crisis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBRA - . This authentic period view of 9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Fry Me To The Moon, neon sign, in orange, Berties Fish & Chip restaurant ,9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, historical comparison, archival record, local history, cask-beer tradition, changing land use, visitor hospitality, licensed hospitality, licensed trade, everyday cuisine, everyday life, public realm, before-and-after reference, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into nutrition and local business, not least because of how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food. Today's relevance is strengthened by pub closures, tourism and the continuing question of the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. The image fixes public access and movement within 9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, food heritage, local dining tradition, traditional takeaway, British food tradition, real-ale culture, beer-led hospitality, and street food culture. References to Edinburgh, restaurant, Victoria, orange, and Berties give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within 9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is nutrition and how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food in a form that can be compared with future views of 9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE.
9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12HE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN37 - Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars. The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust, which is linked to but separate from the church. The Kirkyard and its monuments are protected as a category A listed building.
History
Greyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site (the friars of which wear grey habits), which was dissolved in 1560. The churchyard was founded in August 1562 after Royal sanction was granted to replace the churchyard at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The latter burial ground was not used after around 1600.
Grayfriars, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 2QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN3D - A pig roast or hog roast is an event or gathering which involves the barbecuing of a whole pig.
Pig roasts, under a variety of names, are a common traditional celebration event in many places including the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Cuba. It is also popular in the United States, especially in the state of Hawaii (a luau) and in the Southern United States (pig pickin'). In Southeast Asia, a pig roast is a staple among the Buddhist, and Christian communities, notably among Catholic Filipinos and Hindu Balinese people, or Buddhist Chinese people.
The tradition of the hog roast goes back millennia and is found in many cultures. There are numerous ways to roast pork, including open fire rotisserie style roasting, and caja china style box grilling. Many families traditionally have a pig roast for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
In the UK, the tradition of pig roasting, more commonly known in the UK as a hog roast, is popular on many occasions, particularly parties and celebrations. It is usually an outdoor event, and a staple meal at many show events. The tradition is to roast either on a spit, turning the pig under a flame, or in a large oven in a roasting pan
roasting pigs around 130 lbs (60 kg) in weight are common in the UK. The pig is normally roasted in a propane gas machine. The pig's skin is scored with a sharp blade and covered in water and salt to make the crackling. In ancient times, going all the way back to the Saxons, roasting a wild boar was often the centerpiece of a meal at Yuletide, with Yule being Freya's feast. The head was often the greatest delicacy, as evidenced by the survival of the Boar's Head Carol.
34 Victoria St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN3J - . Photographed at 40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Harry Potters Edinburgh, Robert Cressers Brush Shop, formally of 40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW. Other connected aspects include local enterprise, small business, commercial frontage, archival record, retail property, changing land use, everyday life, independent retail, historical comparison, place identity, customer footfall, documentary photography, specialist retailer, and regional identity. For current editorial use, commercial rents and footfall provide additional context, especially through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at 40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, shopfront economy, changing streetscape, public realm, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, local history, and visual archive. Elements such as Potters, Edinburgh, Harry, Cressers, and Victoria add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at 40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K3XN3J.
40 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DNJ - . Theatre Royal Bar, 25-28 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3AA at dusk. The photograph was taken on 27 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Theatre Royal Bar, Greenside lane, Edinburgh, Royal, frontage, Theatre, dusk, bar, bars and pub, 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.
25-28 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0K - . The Castle Arms Pub, 6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with The Castle Arms Pub, Edinburgh, Castle Arms, Johnston Terrace, doorway, entrance, outside, grassmarket, ale and camra, 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.
6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0N - . The Castle Arms Pub, 6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with The Castle Arms Pub, Edinburgh, Castle Arms, Johnston Terrace, doorway, entrance, outside, grassmarket, ale and camra, 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.
6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJKC - National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985 , amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the intersection with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.
The two buildings retain distinctive characters: the Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866, with a Victorian Romanesque Revival facade and a grand central hall of cast iron construction that rises the full height of the building. This building reopened on 29 July 2011 after a £47 million project to restore and extend the building, and redesign the exhibitions (by Ralph Appelbaum).
The National Museum incorporates the collections of the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and the Royal Museum. As well as the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. The 16 new galleries reopened in 2011 include 8,000 objects, 80 per cent of which were not formerly on display.
One of the more notable exhibits is the stuffed body of Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits and a large kinetic sculpture named the Millennium Clock.
Chambers St, Edinburgh city, Scotland UK EH1 1JF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38D6 - . Railing at top of Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38E7 - . View over city from Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38F8 - . Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38FP - . Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38GH - . Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3A1D - Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known as active oral history in Edinburgh, through several books and films, and because a prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves act as a tourist attraction.
30-34 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh Midlothian EH1 2QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3AN9 - . Panorama above Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Panorama, pano, dusk, West Bow, Night, Edinburgh, Shot and world, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWFE - . Taylor Walker No 18-20 Grassmarket Beehive Inn,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. Photographed at Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK EH1 2JU. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Taylor, Walker, 18-20, Grassmarket, Beehive, Inn, capital, pub, bar and bars, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK EH1 2JU
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Keywords: Co,Company,Beer,brewery,brewers,William,Limited,city,of,pub,bar,bars,pubs,real,ale,CAMRA,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK bowbar Victoria St street inside a,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,William Younger,history,historic,Bow Bar,West Bow,EH1 2HH,EH1,80 West Bow,Victoria Street,and,company,mirrors,IPA,India Pale Ale,reflection,reflected
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWK2 - . Wm Younger & Cos India Pale Ale mirror, Bow bar, 80 West Bow, Victoria St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HH. Photographed at 80 West Bow, Victoria St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 80 West Bow, Victoria St. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with Younger, Cos, India, Pale, Ale, mirror, Bow, bar, EDN and Company, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DECWK2, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
80 West Bow, Victoria St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 80 West Bow, Victoria St
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Keywords: Kirk,Art,Canon Gate,religion,religious,detail,Bronze Crucifix,Art,interior,inside,Canongate Kirk,Edinburgh Old Town,153 Canongate,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8 8BN,EH88BN,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,church,symbol,symbolism,EH1,the,Scotland,UK,EH8,art,history,icon,iconic,historic,153
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECY90 - . Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Old Town,153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian,Scotland,UK, EH8 8BN. Photographed at 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, EDN, Canongate, Church, Cross, Old Town, Bronze, Crucifix, Kirk and Art, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship.
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK
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Keywords: Kirk,Art,Canon Gate,religion,religious,detail,Bronze Crucifix,Art,interior,inside,Canongate Kirk,Edinburgh Old Town,153 Canongate,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8 8BN,EH88BN,GoTonySmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,church,symbol,symbolism,EH1,the,Scotland,UK,EH8,art,history,icon,iconic,historic,153
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECYAY - . Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Old Town,153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian,Scotland,UK, EH8 8BN. Photographed at 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, EDN, Canongate, Church, Cross, Old Town, Bronze, Crucifix, Kirk and Art, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship.
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK
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Keywords: City,UK,tartan,gift,gifts,sunshine,sign,shop,Gotonysmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,old,town,EH1,Celtic,cloth,kilt,weave,woven,clan,colour,colours,CCC,Celtic Craft Centre Kiltmakers,Royal Mile,Paisley Close,101,High St,Edinburgh,Scotland,EH1 1SP,independence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED06J - . Celtic Craft Kiltmakers Centre in Edinburgh old town, Scotland Capital city, EH1. Photographed at Royal Mile, Paisley Close, 101 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SP. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Celtic, Craft, Edinburgh, Capital, tradition, tartan, gift, gifts, sunshine and sign, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Royal Mile, Paisley Close, 101 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SP
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Keywords: The,Smallest,in,Scotland,Scotland,UK,old,town,with,people,drink,drinking,GoTonySmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,the,pubs,bar,bars,small,smallest,odd,what,is,94-96,Edinburgh,EH1 2JR,EH1,blackboard,customer,customers,Biddy Mulligans,at,Irish bar,Irish,Scottish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED0KT - . The Wee Pub - Smallest Pub in Scotland, 94-96 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR , at Biddy Mulligans. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. The image metadata records 3 people in the frame. 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 The Smallest Pub in Scotland, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Wee, oddity, Pub, old town, 94-96 Grassmarket, Scotlands and drinkers, 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
94-96 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR
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Keywords: Old,jock,Shop,WestBow,near,Grassmarket,Grass,Market,top,of,traditional,Scots,Scottish,food,city,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,city,of,Great,Britain,GB,tourist,tourism,pieshop,GoTonySmith,Alba,Auld Jocks,Auld Jock,pies,takeaway,fast,unhealthy,EH1 2HH,EH1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED18R - . Auld Jocks Pie shoppe, West Bow, Top of Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HH. Photographed at West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HH. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Auld Jocks Pie shoppe, West Bow Top of Grassmarket, pies, pie, shoppe, Auld, Jocks, Jock, shop and West Bow, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HH
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Keywords: Maggie,pub,Grassmarket,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,tourist,bar,bars,pubs,Belhaven best,GoTonySmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,famous,Caledonia,Best,ale,beer,EH1,EH1 2JR,Old Town,brewery,customers,drinker,drinkers,fishwife,from,Musselburgh,fish,wife,Margaret,hauf-hingit Maggie,hauf-hingit,hanged,hanging,Gerda Stevenson
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1G7 - A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Margaret (or Maggie) Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh, whose husband left, possibly press-ganged, to join the Royal Navy. Maggie had gone to work in an inn in the Borders, and was hanged in the Grassmarket in August 1724, at the age of 22 or 23, by hangman John Dalgliesh for murdering her illegitimate baby there by drowning it or placing it in the river Tweed at Kelso, shortly after the birth. After the hanging, a doctor declared Dickson dead, and her family argued with the medical students, who then were only allowed to dissect criminal corpses, so her body was taken back to Musselburgh on a cart. However, on the way there, the story was that her family went for a wake at an inn (possibly Sheep's Heid Inn, Duddingston) when they heard noises from the coffin as she awoke. Under Scots Law, her punishment had been carried out, so she could not be executed for a second time for the same crime (only later were the words until dead added to the sentence of hanging). Her resurrection was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life (and legend), she was referred to as hauf-hingit Maggie and attracted curiosity as she was seen back in the Grass-market in October 1724, with an item about a crowd forming to see her in the Scots Magazine. She remarried her husband (as ˜death' had parted them) and lived another 40 years.
A poem in Scots appears in a book Quines by actress Gerda Stevenson
Hauf-hingit Maggie
Deith is wappin when it comes “ like birth, I ken “ I hae warstled throu, an focht wi baith. She wis blue, ma bairn, blue as the breast o a brid I seen oan the banks o the Tweed thon day
then grey, aa wrang, the naelstring windit ticht aroon her neck
I ettled tae lowse it, aince, twice, but it aye slippit “ ¨ma hauns couldnae grup, ma mind skailt ¨ frae the jizzen fecht, ma mooth steekit: no tae scraich, no tae scraich, let nane hear¦
92 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,old,town,oldtown,XIV,history,historic,entry,sign,marking,haunted,places,locations,location,Tweedale,tweed,dale,close,closes,classic,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tweeddale Court,Edinburgh,old town,Scotland,UK,EH1 1TE,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED3KD - . The Tweeddale Court, High Street, Royal Mile , Edinburgh old town , Scotland, UK, EH1 1TE. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland , UK, EH1 1TE. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Tweeddale, Court, High Street, Royal Mile, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland , UK, EH1 1TE
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,pubs,1820,cask,marque,boards,outside,blackboards,with,menu,menus,speccials,food,entertainment,Canongate,Tolbooth,is,a,historic,landmark,of,the,Old,Town,section,of,Edinburgh,Scotland,U.K.,built,in,1591,as,a,courthouse,burgh,Canongate,high,st,Gotonysmith,Council,Chamber,Police,Court,and,Prison,In,1875,the,City,Architect,Robert,Morham,completely,restored,and,remodelled,the,exterior,giving,it,back,its,medieval,look,(based,on,Gordon,of,Rothiemays,map,of,1647,This,work,included,remodelling,the,interior,to,create,museum,spaces,Rothiemays,street,cannongate,tourist,tourism,travel,traveller,destination,thing,to,see,building,architecture,classic,old,buildings,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED3NW - Canongate Tolbooth is a historic landmark of the Old Town section of Edinburgh, Scotland (U.K.) built in 1591 as a tolbooth, that is, a courthouse, burgh jail and meeting place, for the, then, separate burgh of the Canongate. The building is now occupied by The People's Story Museum and is protected as a category A listed building
In 1875 the City Architect, Robert Morham completely restored and remodeled the exterior giving it back its medieval look (based on Gordon of Rothiemay's map of 1647). This work included remodeling the interior to create museum spaces.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,sugar,house,sugarhouseclose,pub,bar,bars,pubs,seen,close,Royal Mile,High St,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,sunny,summer,day,summers,traditional,tunnel,holyrood,hidden,gem,gems,walking,tour,tours,bus,Gotonysmith,tourist,tourism,travel,traveler,destination,thing,to,see,building,architecture,classic,old,buildings,tourbus,classic,closes,stone,stonework,cobble,cobbled,street,streets,of,town,history,historic,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED40P - . A hidden gem, Tollbooth Tavern seen through Sugarhouse close , Canongate, Royal Mile , High St , Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Tollbooth, Tavern, Canongate, through, Sugarhouse, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. This documentary view is relevant to buses, public transport, local mobility, passenger information and the practical experience of travelling without a private car. It can support editorial coverage of bus services, rural and urban connectivity, stops and shelters, timetables, accessibility, transport policy, local authority provision and the challenges of maintaining useful services across communities. Roadside details, signs, shelters, vehicles and surrounding streetscape give picture buyers useful context about how bus transport is encountered at ground level. The photograph therefore has value both as a record of a specific place and as broader visual material about sustainable transport, everyday journeys and local connectivity. Search themes include buses, bus stops, passenger transport, timetables, local mobility, accessibility, public transport policy, rural or urban connectivity and sustainable travel. The surrounding road environment helps show how public transport infrastructure fits into the communities and streets it serves. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Echo,and,Narcissus,@,at,the,Edinburgh,Festival,Fringe,2012,From,Rag,and,Bone,Productions,the,Venue,was,theSpace,on,North,Bridge.,It,was,on,until,18th,August,2012,@,venue,36,Venue36,mono,monochrome,mirror,mirrors,reflections,actor,actors,Durham,University,EH11QS,EH1,1QS,student,students,footlights,gotonysmith black white and & reflection,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWM7 - 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. There's no shortage of scaryness and satire here!.
Echo and Narcissus @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012. From Rag and Bone Productions the Venue was theSpace on North Bridge. It was on until 18th August 2012 @ venue 36.
As the review says, Sometimes it is hard to tell image from reality until the illusion is shattered at the tap of a finger. Durham University's Rag & Bone Productions use an exciting combination of physical theatre, drama and dance to bring you this dark and innovative take on a classic Greek myth. The tragic story of Echo and Narcissus follows the disastrous consequences of a man falling in love with his own reflection. Rag & Bone successfully fuse visual spectacle with the best of storytelling to explore this tale of hurt, rejection, pride and vanity. Not to be missed!
Narcissus, is a young man blessed with untold beauty, who spurns all amorous advances, be they from citizens, nymphs, or just about anyone who can appreciate the beauty of the perfect human form. Meanwhile, talkative forest nymph Echo is tasked by Zeus to distract his wife Hera with incredible stories while he has an affair. Hera finds out and curses Echo to be able to repeat only the ends of sentences spoken to her (hence her name, Echo).
She runs into Narcissus in a forest, he rejects her fumbled echoes and she wastes away until she is nothing but a voice. Narcissus rejects one final advance of an older man by the name of Ameinus and mocks him for his futile attempts, daring him to kill himself. Ameinus does so, but curses Narcissus beforehand, resulting in Artemis bewitching Narcissus to fall in love with the next person he sees.
As he is hunting in the woods, he stops to rest by a quiet pool in a grassy clearing and falls in love with his own reflection. At a loss, he plunges in to reach the young man but drowns. A s
High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4913845429 - 'Uptown Top Ranking - 'Althea &
Donna' - Play this track here. An alternative track for this image from Prestwich's 'The Fall' can be enjoyed here.
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This is a track that for me always conjours up the old 'Top Rank' Bingo clubs of 1970's and 80's Britain. Another John Peel backed track that helped me to appreciate reggae.
The young Jamaican singers Althea Forrest (17), and Donna Reid (18), caused a surprise with their one-off reggae hit single, 'Uptown Top Ranking'. It was produced by Joe Gibbs using a re-recording of the 'riddim' of the 1967 Alton Ellis' song 'I'm Still In Love', which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover 'I'm Still In Love With You Boy' and the deejay track 'Three Piece Suit' by Trinity, to which 'Uptown' was an 'answer record'. The single's UK release was on the Lightning label.
'Uptown Top Ranking' reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1978, after early championing by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, but had only one week at the chart summit. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. Althea &
Donna thus at that time became the youngest female duo to reach the pinnacle of the UK chart.
Its been covered many times since. A sample of the 'No Pop, No Style' refrain from the record was used and formed part of the lyrics to Pop Will Eat Itself's (PWEI) 1991 single, 'X, Y &
Zee'.
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Bingo or Housey Housey as some pensioners still call it is a gambling game of unknown origin. Players mark off numbers on a ticket as they are randomly called out, in order to achieve a winning combination.
The first column contains numbers from 1 to 9, The second column numbers from 10 to 19, The third 20 to 29 and so on up until the last column, which contains numbers from 80 to 90 (the 90 being placed in this column as well).
When called, numbers often aquire the types of preambles below:
Kelly's Eye 1, One Little Duck 2, Cup of Tea 3, Knock at the Door 4, Man Alive 5, Tom's Tricks 6, Lucky 7, Garden Gate 8, Doctors Orders 9, Tony's Den 10, Legs Eleven 11, One Dozen 12, Unlucky for Some 13, Key of the Door 21, Dirty Gertie 30, Down on your Knees 43, Heinz Varieties 57.
If you fancy yourself as a bingo caller, choose a handy mirror and have a go using any of the random phrases above. Alternatively, find some Reggae online, The Bob Marley 'One Love' compilation is as good as any place to start. Tell em I sent you!
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,at night,night,dusk,at dusk,EH1,on,Edinburgh,EH1 1YZ,architecture,Head Office,Bank of Scotland PLC,HBOS,Lloyds TSB,Headquarters,HQ,in,the,evening,Mound,old town,city,centre,history,historic,building,buildings,Victorian,citadel,style,dome,domed,rail,railings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHRH - The Bank of Scotland plc (Scots: Bank o Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the fifth-oldest surviving bank in the United Kingdom (the Bank of England having been established one year earlier), and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to remain in existence. It was one of the first banks in Europe to print its own banknotes, and it continues to print its own sterling banknotes under legal arrangements that allow Scottish banks to issue currency.
In June 2006, the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing the bank's structure to be simplified. As a result, The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland became Bank of Scotland plc on 17 September 2007.
Bank of Scotland has been a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group since 19 January 2009, when HBOS was acquired by Lloyds TSB.
The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1YZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4441314818 - 'Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
They climbed every hill in the city, finished at Carlton, from a journey from Norfolk and within the big city of smoke and solitude..........
For anyone who has not experienced the many pleasures of Edinburgh city, Calton Hill is just to the east of the New Town in what North americans might call 'downtown'. There are several iconic monuments and buildings on the hill. The National Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the New Parliament House (the Royal High School), the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the Edinburgh City Observatory. Originally the Royal High School was earmarked for the site of the future Scottish Assembly. The new modern building is now at the foot of the hill at Holyrood.
The hill was owned by hill from Lord Balmerino until 1724 and what a view he must have had!
Another couple of couples www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813064826/ and www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3355914373/
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,capital city,Edinburgh Alexander and bucephalus statue,Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,and,1832,1883,1884,Edinburgh statue,woke,culture-wars,culture wars,war on woke,Statue dAlexandre et Bucéphale,John Steell,1804""“1891,at,City Chambers,High Street,Alexander (356 BC""“323 BC),Bucephalus (c.355 BC""“326 BC),Equestrian,horse,horse Bucephalus,rearing,unharnessed,EH1 1YJ,EH1,statues,statue,bronze
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BE34DX - Alexander (356 BC“323 BC) and Bucephalus (c.355 BC“326 BC)
John Steell (1804“1891)
City Chambers High Street, Edinburgh
A draped standing figure of Alexander holding onto his horse Bucephalus which is unharnessed and rearing. The satue is on a corniced, bow-ended ashlar plinth. It was moved from St Andrew Square to its present site in 1916.
Title
Alexander (356 BC“323 BC) and Bucephalus (c.355 BC“326 BC)
Date
1832“1883
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Plinth: H 340 x W 240 x D 220 cm
Accession number
EH1_GB_S006
Acquisition method
paid for by public subscription
Work type
Equestrian
City Chambers, High Street, Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Old Town, Scotland,UK, EH1 1YJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,saltire,UK,pub,bar,drink,green,blue,bars,pubs,St Andrews cross,flag,outside,exterior,icon,iconic,tavern,127 High St,Old Town,Edinburgh,Scotland,EH1 1SG,EH1,sign,front,frontage,architecture,heritage,history,tourist,tourism,attraction,High Street,lantern,ornate,Victorian,clock
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BE34EA - . An on-location editorial image made at 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG, showing a subject whose wider significance extends beyond the immediate scene. The documented subject is The Royal Mile tavern bar, High Street, Old Town , Edinburgh , Lothian , Scotland, UK,. The photograph also carries associations with town-centre leisure, historical comparison, urban change, period detail, food-and-drink business, social meeting place, changing streetscape, place identity, leisure venue, community hostelry, built environment, community identity, traditional ale house, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes pub closures alongside hospitality operating costs, with particular attention to changes in food, drink and leisure spending. The photograph fixes street furniture and boundaries within 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, social history, regional identity, hospitality venue, contemporary history, archival record, licensed premises, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Edinburgh, tavern, Royal, Scotland, and Lothian preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The period setting at 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects pub closures and whether local venues can remain commercially viable within the real-world context of 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG. Its period value extends to local footfall and whether local venues can remain commercially viable within the specific setting of 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG.
127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG
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Keywords: Edinburgh,city,Scotland,UK,EH1,1JF,EH11JF,street,science,sciences,travel,attractions,attraction,Explore,the,diversity,of,natural,world,cultures,art,and,design,history,capital,cities,building,buildings,science,and,natural,history,and,world,cultures,central,old,gotonysmith,town,George,IV,Bridge,4th,royal,grand,central,hall,of,cast,iron,wide,shot,pano,panorama,construction,that,rises,the,full,height,Dolly,the,sheep,independance,independence,Tour,tourism,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJGE - National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985 , amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the intersection with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.
The two buildings retain distinctive characters: the Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866, with a Victorian Romanesque Revival facade and a grand central hall of cast iron construction that rises the full height of the building. This building reopened on 29 July 2011 after a £47 million project to restore and extend the building, and redesign the exhibitions (by Ralph Appelbaum).
The National Museum incorporates the collections of the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and the Royal Museum. As well as the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. The 16 new galleries reopened in 2011 include 8,000 objects, 80 per cent of which were not formerly on display.
One of the more notable exhibits is the stuffed body of Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits and a large kinetic sculpture named the Millennium Clock.
Chambers St, Edinburgh city, Scotland UK EH1 1JF
Description
Keywords: Edinburgh,city,Scotland,UK,EH1,1JF,EH11JF,street,science,sciences,travel,attractions,attraction,Explore,the,diversity,of,natural,world,cultures,art,and,design,history,capital,cities,building,buildings,science,and,natural,history,and,world,cultures,central,old,gotonysmith,town,George,IV,Bridge,4th,royal,grand,central,hall,of,cast,iron,construction,that,rises,the,full,height,Dolly,the,sheep,independance,independence,wide,landscape,view,Tour,tourism,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJGY - National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985 , amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the intersection with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.
The two buildings retain distinctive characters: the Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866, with a Victorian Romanesque Revival facade and a grand central hall of cast iron construction that rises the full height of the building. This building reopened on 29 July 2011 after a £47 million project to restore and extend the building, and redesign the exhibitions (by Ralph Appelbaum).
The National Museum incorporates the collections of the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and the Royal Museum. As well as the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. The 16 new galleries reopened in 2011 include 8,000 objects, 80 per cent of which were not formerly on display.
One of the more notable exhibits is the stuffed body of Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits and a large kinetic sculpture named the Millennium Clock.
Chambers St, Edinburgh city, Scotland UK EH1 1JF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,EH1,Scottish treat,novelty food,tourist food,Edinburgh,Edinburgh Scotland,Cafe Piccante,Broughton Street,takeaway,carry out,chip shop,fast food,street food,dessert,sweet treat,batter,fried dessert,window sign,shop window,evening,night,nightlife,New Town,EH1 3JU,chocolate,bar,bars,unhealthy,diet,Edinburgh city centre,Scottish cuisine,tourist attraction food,food culture,street photography,night photography,neon typography,late evening economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DYWT2B - A brightly lit window display at Café Piccante on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, photographed in the evening, promotes the famously indulgent Scottish takeaway treat Deep Fried Mars Bar . The purple and white poster sits behind glass beneath a glowing neon sign reading Pizza & Kebabs , with illuminated menu boards and a stainless steel counter visible inside the shop. The scene captures the classic look of a late night chip shop and carry out in Scotland, where fast food, comfort food and after hours snacks are part of the city's street life.
Deep fried confectionery has become a widely recognised curiosity for visitors, and the Mars bar version is often treated as a humorous must try by tourists exploring Edinburgh's New Town, the city centre and the pub and club circuit. In practical terms it is a simple idea executed with showmanship: a chocolate bar is battered, deep fried until the outside is crisp, then served hot so the filling becomes soft and gooey. That contrast of crunchy batter and molten sweet centre is exactly what the sign is selling, along with the wider promise of quick, filling food for people on the move.
Editorially, the photograph works as a visual shorthand for Scottish food culture, travel and tourism, British fast food, and the late evening economy. It also speaks to how takeaway shops use bold typography, saturated colours, and bright lighting to cut through the dark and attract passing trade, especially when street footfall is driven by nightlife and late trains. The reflections on the glass and the warm interior lighting add atmosphere and a documentary feel, showing a real working premises rather than a staged studio shot. The image can illustrate stories about Edinburgh city breaks, independent local businesses, menu culture, neon signage, snack foods, guilty pleasure desserts, and the marketing of regional specialities and novelty food to visitors. It is also a strong night street photography detail for editorial use.
Deep Fried Mars Bar sign in the window of Café Piccante takeaway on Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Sco
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,night,BW,Black and White,evening,time,plays,productions,closed,EH1,18-22,Lothian,UK,EH1 3AA,tickets,the,theatre,history,historic,venue,outside,entrance,Woking,atg tickets,wheelchair access,ghost,haunted,Jersey Boys,Paul O Grady,My Fair Lady,Annie,on tour,arts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36995 - Edinburgh Playhouse is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. With 3,059 seats it is the second largest theatre in the United Kingdom after the Hammersmith Apollo. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened on 12 August 1929 as a super-cinema, and was modelled on the Roxy Cinema in New York. It was designed by the specialist cinema architect John Fairweather, most famous for his Green's Playhouse cinema in Glasgow. The original colour scheme was described on opening as follows:
Tones of ivory and stone predominate on the walls, and the roof is decorated with bands of pale green leaves intersected with gold at intervals. The seats in the different parts of the house have been upholstered to harmonise with the general scheme of the decoration. The organ fronts are in Venetian style, and the clock settings, which are square, are neat and attractive.
The building was originally listed Category B in 1974, and this was upgraded by Historic Scotland to Category A in 2008
In recent years, The Playhouse has played host to a wide variety of artists and shows.
It also caters to the youth of the surrounding area who are involved in stage experience projects and youth musicals projects in which children as young as 10, and young adults as old as 21, can take part in shows on the world-famous stage.
It is used as a venue for both the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe each August
The building is said to be haunted by a ghost called Albert, a man in a grey coat who appears on level six accompanied by a chill in the air. He is variously said to have been either a stagehand who was killed in an accident or a night-watchman who committed suicide
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,EH1,rail,capital,service,services,public,transport,city,centre,EH1 3EG,engine,EMU,electric,mainline,800108,TOC,RMT,ASLEF,at,platform,R,British Rail,Class,800,Intercity,Express,train,bi-mode,biMode,multiple unit,Hitachi,AT300,IET
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXPMF - The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway. The type uses electric motors powered from overhead electric wires for traction, but also has diesel generators to enable trains to operate on unelectrified track. It is a part of the Hitachi AT300 product family.
The Class 800 was produced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) as a replacement for the Intercity 125 and Intercity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, assembly being performed at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan
no body construction takes place in the UK. As well as resembling the Class 801, the units are also very similar to the Class 802 units, which have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks.
Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG
Description
Keywords: Edinburgh,city,Scotland,UK,EH1,1JF,EH11JF,street,sciences,travel,attractions,Explore,the,diversity,of,natural,world,cultures,art,and,design,technology,Scottish,history,capital,cities,building,buildings,science,and,technology,natural,history,and,world,cultures,central,old,gotonysmith,town,George,IV,Bridge,4th,royal,grand,central,hall,of,cast,iron,outside,new,building,summer,blue,sky,construction,that,rises,the,full,height,Dolly,the,sheep,independance,independence,The,buildings,architecture,was,controversial,from,the,start,and Prince Charles resigned as patron of the museum,in,protest,at,the,lack,of,consultation,over,its,design.,The,building,is,made,up,of,geometric,Corbusian forms,but also has numerous references to Scotland,such as brochs and castellated defensive,architecture,It,is,clad,in,golden,Moray,sandstone,architects,Gordon,Benson,has,called,a,reference,to,Scottish,geology,The,building,was,a,1999,Stirling,Prize,nominee,nominated,the oldest exhibit in the building,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJEW - National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985 ,amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the intersection with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.
The two buildings retain distinctive characters: the Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866, with a Victorian Romanesque Revival facade and a grand central hall of cast iron construction that rises the full height of the building. This building reopened on 29 July 2011 after a £47 million project to restore and extend the building, and redesign the exhibitions (by Ralph Appelbaum).
The National Museum incorporates the collections of the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and the Royal Museum. As well as the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. The 16 new galleries reopened in 2011 include 8,000 objects, 80 per cent of which were not formerly on display.
One of the more notable exhibits is the stuffed body of Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits and a large kinetic sculpture named the Millennium Clock.
Chambers St, Edinburgh city, Scotland, UK, EH1 1JF
Description
Keywords: ghost,bus,ghostbus,tourist,tourism,dead,goth,gothic,routemaster,red,classic,transport,transportation,LT,London Transport,black london bus,festival,Edinburgh festival,EDN,August,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,castle terrace,Grassmarket,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,EH1 2HY,EH1,black bus,history,historic,festival city,heritage tourism,Old Town economy,experiences,ghostly,spooky,experience
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1MP - The black London Necrobus, haunted ghost bus tours, in Edinburgh old town, Scotland, UK, EH1 has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. The black ghost-tour bus uses Edinburgh's Gothic reputation as entertainment, selling graveyard stories, haunted streets and theatrical history against the backdrop of the Old Town and castle skyline. The subject works for tourism, dark heritage, visitor attractions, coach tours, city branding, Halloween features and the commercial appetite for spooky versions of urban history. The location detail, Edinburgh, London, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include public transport, bus station, urban mobility and passenger interchange, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HY
Description
Keywords: ghost,bus,ghostbus,tours,tour,tourist,tourism,dead,goth,routemaster,red,classic,transport,transportation,LT,London Transport,black london bus,festival,Edinburgh festival,EDN,August,castle terrace,Edinburgh Castle,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Grassmarket,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,EH1 2HY,EH1,dark tourism market,haunted city storytelling,commercial ghost walks,visitor entertainment transport,Old Town folklore industry,themed bus tours,Scottish capital,festival city
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED13R - The black London Necrobus, Ghost tours, in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK with old town castle behind. gives a direct editorial record of a recognisable subject, with location, signage, architecture or everyday behaviour carrying much of the meaning. The black ghost-tour bus uses Edinburgh's Gothic reputation as entertainment, selling graveyard stories, haunted streets and theatrical history against the backdrop of the Old Town and castle skyline. The subject works for tourism, dark heritage, visitor attractions, coach tours, city branding, Halloween features and the commercial appetite for spooky versions of urban history. The location detail, Edinburgh, London, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include public transport, bus station, urban mobility and passenger interchange, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. For buyers, the strength lies in the combination of a named subject, a lived-in setting and enough visual specificity to carry stories about how places are used, remembered, funded, visited or contested.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2HY
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Keywords: Victoria,Street,Edinburgh,City,Scotland,UK,at,dusk,Shot,Victoria,St,world,heritage,site,Old,Town,Lothian,Lothians,EH1,2JW,EH12JW,st,blue,sky,west,bow,westbow,mixed,lighting,history,historic,building,buildings,architecture,at,night,nightshot,View,from,the,foot,of,Gotonysmith,st.,tourist,tourism,trail,walk,walkways,around,tour,tours,tripod,blue,hour,colorful,colourful,Clarkson,Clarksons,of,shop,shops,flats,apartments,apartment,oldtenemants,tenement,tenements,for,sale,estate,agent,ESPC,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38C5 - View from the foot of Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot records a recognisable subject with enough local detail to make it useful for news, features and long-tail editorial searches. Victoria Street curves through Edinburgh's Old Town with colourful shopfronts, steep levels and dense historic character, making it one of the city's strongest visual symbols for tourism. At dusk the street becomes useful for stories about heritage streets, independent retail, Harry Potter tourism associations, night-time economy, visitor pressure and urban conservation. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. As a Edinburgh subject, it can support local-history, tourism, public-service and urban-change coverage where the place is as important as the object or activity shown. The details in victoria, street, edinburgh, night give the scene a stronger commercial life, especially for editors needing authentic texture rather than a symbolic cut-out.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
Description
Keywords: pub,tourist,tourism,cask,ales,selection,of,malt,Scotch,United Kingdom,Whisky House,malts,drink,drinks,drinkers,Gotonysmith,EH1,food,Arcade Bar,Haggis & Whisky House,Haggis and Whisky House,Haggis,Whisky,House,pubs,bar,bars,restaurant,cafe,48,Cockburn Street,Jacksons Close,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,EH1 1PB,old town,sign,outside,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M14 - Photo shows Arcade, the Edinburgh Haggis & Whisky House, 48 Cockburn St, Jackson's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
48 Cockburn St, Jackson's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB
Description
Keywords: Last,drop,with customers,with,customers,Last,Drop,Tourist,Bar,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,old fashioned,tourism,GoTonySmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,drinking,famous,icon,iconic,boozer,old town,EH1 2JR,EH1,and,&,eating,outside,the,pub,pubs,bar,bars,in,summer,alfresco,enjoying,outdoors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1FD - Photo shows Drinking & eating outside the Last Drop pub, Tourist Bar, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR
Description
Keywords: Flesh Market cl pub,public house,smallest pub,travel,united kingdom Capital CAMRA realale City,Scotland,UK new town newtown menus outside beers freehouse free house,Gotonysmith tavern street howff,bothy,camra,city,cityscape,claustrophobia,close,destination,drink,eat,edinburgh,europe,european,festival,food,half,high street,holiday,leisure,literature,novel,pub,public house,rankin,rebus,scotland,tourist,travel,uk,vacation,way,EH1,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M17 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1BX
